Existing Home Insulation in Richmond, VA
Residential Insulation to Reduce Energy Loss
Your home’s insulation needs an upgrade. Whether you built it from scratch or bought it from a previous owner, your insulation might not be what it used to be. You can feel the draft through your home, the energy bill seems to be steadily rising each month and you’ve had a few issues with rain or mold getting through the cracks.
You may have already tried to fix your insulation problem by adding another layer or trying new materials. But over time, you keep coming back to the same problems every time. You don’t have the time or the money to keep replacing your home’s insulation.
You need a solution that will protect your home, reduce your energy usage and last for a long lifespan. Look no further than spray foam insulation installed by the local experts at FoamTech. With decades of experience in home insulation services, we can work with you to find the perfect solution that keeps your existing home comfortable all year round.
More Durable and Reliable Than Other Insulation Materials
In the past, you’ve probably used common insulation materials like fiberglass or cellulose. While fairly inexpensive, you get what you pay for. These materials come with a host of issues that ultimately cost homeowners more money in the long run.
Recently, spray foam has become a popular insulation material for homeowners in Richmond. This material is created by mixing two components, isocyanate and polyol. These resins mix at the tip of a specialized gun, which creates a durable foam substance that expands as it applies to surfaces.
This material offers a wide host of benefits for homeowners. As a safe and durable insulation material, spray foram provides benefits such as:
- Covers more area as it expands
- Can fill in cracks and crevices, blocking out more of the outside air and noise
- Increase wall strength and durability
- Better at resisting moisture
- Easier to apply
- Requires little to no maintenance
Protect Your Home From Top to Bottom
Spray foam is best utilized in your attic and crawl space, as it creates strong insulation from both the top and bottom of your home. This prevents outside air from creeping into your home, while your clean filtered air circulates around your home.
Encapsulate Your Crawlspace with Spray Foam Insulation
Your crawl space provides easy access to your utilities, framing and ductwork. It also creates a space that outside air, pollutants and mold can easily access.
With spray foam installed by the professionals at FoamTech, you can rest easy knowing your crawl space is properly insulated.
Our process involves installing a durable vapor barrier on the ground, with the seams overlapping and glued or taped. When the poly meets the walls, it’s lapped up at least 6’’ and fastened to the walls. The spray foam is installed starting in the rim/band joist down the wall onto the lapped-up poly. This creates a monolithic seal that inhibits unwanted things from entering your crawl, such as:
- Outside air
- Mold spores
- Moisture
- Pests entering the crawl
This also creates a friendly environment for the utilities, framing, and ductwork. Encapsulated crawls are at times enough to create a clean and healthy environment while greater reducing energy consumption/costs.
Sometimes if ductwork is present it can be used to help positively pressurize the crawl to eliminate any lingering moisture. A dehumidifier or circulation fan with a humidistat can be used if the ductwork is not present. Your pest service company may require a termite inspection strip cut into the foam.
Home Attic Insulation with Durable Spray Foam
Your home’s attic can easily collect hot air as it rises and can be a source of water leaks. With spray foam insulation, you can protect your home throughout the year from these common annoyances.
During the winter, as air is heated up in the home, it eventually reaches the attic’s insulation. The more insulation you have the longer it takes for the heat to escape but it will always escape with conventional insulation. Air is then pulled in from the crawl/basement, windows/doors, or any other air leakage present on lower floors.
This is called the Stack Effect. The taller the building the faster the escape of heat and air at the top and greater the pull from below.With spray foam installed against the roofline you are, in a sense, putting a cap on the stack effect. In winter the heat you have paid to produce stays within the home’s envelope.
During the summer, the heat from the sun and shingles are held back by the foam leaving the attic cool and the utilities present in a conducive state than a conventional attic.
Other benefits include:
- Reduction in air exchanges
- Longer HVAC equipment life.
- Substantial energy reduction
- Increased air quality
Your Existing Home Insulation Professionals in Richmond, VA
Your home deserves the best, and that includes insulation. With the right material installed by professionals, you and your family can reap the many benefits throughout the year.
That’s why FoamTech specializes in spray foam insulation in Richmond, VA. Using our decades of combined experience and specialization in spray foam insulation, we help families feel better.
Our team brings plenty of benefits to the table, relying on our quality customer service to bring you the best experience. Our team has:
- Certifications in a variety of insulation practices
- Experience in installing spray foam insulation
- Top-tier industry tools to apply spray foam
- The know-how needed for careful and correct application
- A track record for efficient and well-done jobs
At FoamTech, we pride ourselves on our customer service and flexible contracts. We want to make sure your spray foam insulation is installed correctly. That’s why we work with you to plan the right project to make sure your building is properly insulated.
Protect Your Home
Your home is important. Whether you’re starting a family, inviting regular guests over or housing tenants, you need to them protected at all times.
With spray foam insulation applied by the experienced team at FoamTech, you can relax knowing that your home is properly insulated
Contact us to schedule a consultation and learn how we can safeguard your Richmond home.
Get Started with Spray Foam Insulation
Insulation is important whether you're building something new or fixing what you have. Without quality insulation, you could be risking structural damage, letting the contents of your building go to ruin or paying unnecessary energy costs.
Our expert team is ready to get started on your next insulation task. You’ll see immediate and long-term rewards to investing in your insulation such as increased temperature control and building protection.
Call or send us a message today to get started with a free consultation for insulation contractors in Richmond and Central Virginia.
Contact Us
Address: P. O. Box 1559, Midlothian, VA 23113
Phone: 804-316-7932
Business Hours: 8:00 am-5:00 pm M-F
FoamTech uniquely specializes in spray foam insulation installation. Our team of foam insulation experts work to improve encapsulation in homes and businesses around Richmond and Central Virginia. You can save energy and cut down on utility bills with improved insulation.