Attic Insulation - Open cell foam

Open cell foam is ideal for use in both preventing drafts and is the leading product in its class for soundproofing eg studded walls, attics.

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[HomeEnergyNow]

@SprayFoamInspections Not which building code the IRC the most used source in the country on codes. There is not a single climate zone in this country where sorry ass R25 or below is allowed. What do people think when they condition there attic and insulate the roof deck? I am going to save money? LOL. The stupidity of people that would use spray foams is just sickening. I see it alot because it is a very vocal minority, but thankfully it isn't even 3% of the insulation market, 97% use brains

[HomeEnergyNow]

@SprayFoamInspections Cellulose goes to R-60, foam can't touch the R-value of loosefills, get your facts straight. I have seen sound booths, tons of them in Austin, only a cheap rookie soundbooth would allow for acoustical bridging bud, basically, pros ONLY use floating walls/double walls, multiple pane glass ect. Using spray foam is laughable.

[JGraham70806]

not trying to be ugly or anything but my son in law is a foam sprayer for raders insulation new iberia but that is slopy

[SprayFoamInspections]

now, in reference to the foam's R-value, Not knowing the foam and giving an average of 3.8 R-value per inch. This will be around R15 but it also needs to wrap over the beams to stop thermal conductivity and pass heat into the attic. and it is not deep enough either. When applying Foam to the back of the roof deck this area is either R20ci or R25ci to properly be installed for Code. But what code is this area building to? As far as getting ripped off... this foam needs a fire coating as well.

[SprayFoamInspections]

Actually Sound rooms do use half pound foam, generally with large triangle shapes to grab the sound. When using Foam to reduce sound you just spray 2 to 3 inches on the outside wall of the room (to be sound "proofed") Then use a curry comb to make the skin ripped and jagged but to stay in place. Seal the Top plate and bottom plate (like the External Building Envelope) That is Way cheaper than the floating wall. Cellulose is dusty and not even close to the insulation values of Spray Foam.

[HomeEnergyNow]

You are way off on the sound transmission, I believe it is the worst. Cellulose is number one for soundproofing. Look it up! Preventing drafts sounds great, but are you making sure the home still gets plenty of fresh air? I would rather have drafty than deadly. What exactly is gained by spending money heating and cooling your attic? You are spraying @R-13 on that ceiling, normal minimums are usually over R-38, looks like somebody is being ripped off.

[durasealspf]

Umm.....you need to clean the tip !