One of the most important things when building a house, shop or garage is to have a healthy energy efficient building.

Polyurethane Spray Foam Insulation creates an air-tight sealed thermal envelope. When applied it expands 20-30 times it’s original size filling every nook and cranny unlike traditional insulation products. It adheres to almost any clean dry surface and will not settle or shrink. Fibreglass and cellulose will settle and can lose up to half their insulation value if water or moisture invade the wall cavity.

Most of the damaging moisture within a building envelope is the result of convection currents both through and within the wall cavity. Warm moist inside air circulates and exchanges with cold dry outside air in a cavity insulated with fibreglass . This destroys the insulations effectiveness as well as can mold and rot. Spray Foam stops air movement resulting in no convection, therefore no condensation and no moisture problems.

POLAR FOAM SOYA has zero impact on the ozone layer and meets all requirements of the National Building Code of Canada.

When you invest in Spray Foam Insulation in your building you will reap long term returns in saved energy dollars, more comfort(no breezes) as well as maintain more consistent temperatures. Increased efficiency in your building allows for downsizing of heating and cooling system equipment.

Research shows 40% of heat loss in a house or building can be attributed to air leakage conducted through the building envelope. Sprayfoam is applied as a liquid and then expands 20-30 times it’s original liquid size.

It expands to seal all cracks and gaps forming a barrier against air infiltration unlike fibreglass. By creating a sealed air barrier and eliminating air exfiltration, foam does not allow for wall condensation, which would lead to mold, mildew, and wall damage within the structure. Initial cost is higher than fibreglass but the heating and cooling costs over a short period of time will easily make up for it.

Convection currents is the main culprit in causing damaging moisture with the building envelope. Warm moist inside air circulates and exchanges with cold dry outside air in a cavity insulated with fibreglass.

This moisture in the air condenses forming dew within the insulation. This decreases the effectiveness significantly of the fibreglass and in turn will cause it to mold and rot. Sprayfoam creates an air tight seal allowing no air movement through the wall resulting in no condensation and no moisture problems.

R value is a number that supposed to indicate a materials ability to resist heat loss. It is derived by taking the “k” value of a product and dividing into the #1. The k value is the actual measurement of heat transferred through a specific material.

The test used to produce the”K” value is an ASTM test. The ASTM test was designed by a committee to give us a measurement value that they thought would be meaningful. This test was only designed for fibre insulations-fibreglass, rock wool and cellulose fibre.

This test did not take into account air movement (which every building has) and moisture content. Water vapor is constantly moving back and forth through the walls and ceilings either from showers, cooking, atmosphere etc. Even small amounts of moisture will cause a dramatic drop in a fibres insulations R value by as much as 50%. Fibreglass is generally assigned an R value of approximately 3.5. It will only achieve this if there is zero air movement and zero moisture content. The average house has enough leaks equal to the size of an open door.

Spray on polyurethane is the only commonly used insulation that totally protects itself from air infiltration. The R value of a material is meaningless if air can get past it.

Only a certified installer is trained to spray foam in residential homes. We are certified through CUFCA which is the Canadian Urethane Foam Contractors Association.