Do Attics Require Ventilation With Spray Foam Insulation

This alternative to traditional building insulation fiberglass can be applied into wall cavities holes concrete slabs and even onto roof tiles and.

Do attics require ventilation with spray foam insulation.

You may not have heating ducts up there but it does not need to be ventilated. I am planning to use open cell spray foam insulation in my metal building and then build out the interior. A lot of builders and homeowners are going with spray foam insulation because of the airtightness benefits but then the questioner mentioned that the spray foam contractor had intentionally left big holes to the outside by not sealing the gable vents. When we seal the attic with spray foam it s as tight as a butter tub.

Nothing unusual about that. Earlier this year i got a question about a home that had spray foam insulation in the attic. Spray foam insulation will not prevent ventilation and so there s no need to avoid it thinking that it will result in mould and mildew from building up inside the attic space. Spray polyurethane foam is a chemical product that is created by two materials isocyanate and polyol resin that will react with each other when they are mixed and will expand up to 30 to 60 times its liquid volume as it is sprayed in place.

However in a traditionally insulated attic insulation on the ceiling the attic is vented. But with spray foam ventilation is not an issue. The most important thing to remember is to use the correct type of insulation and to ensure it is installed correctly. Now we use attic ventilation when we use products like fiberglass because we have to manage the moisture.

One article was entitled spray foam insulated homes need ventilation posted on oct 22 2014 by allison a.