Why Air Sealing a Home Can Help Improve Energy Efficiency
A home’s energy efficiency is a topic many people are afraid to address, on a large scale. It’s one thing to replace all the incandescent light bulbs in your home with LED or compact fluorescent...
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Finding A Licensed Contractor For Your Foam Installation
Not all insulation is created equal, for many different reasons. There are some instances when you might think doing it yourself as a DIY project is the easiest and least expensive way to install...
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Making Foam Insulation Work For Your Home
If there’s one home upgrade everyone should be seeking to accomplish at this time of year, it’s an insulation upgrade. The temperature has started to drop, and homeowners start to panic, because...
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7 Ways to Enjoy Your Home This Winter, Thanks to Spray Foam Insulation
When you see winter on the horizon, do you begin a panicked search for your slippers and heavy sweaters, or do you smile and shrug? If your home is insulated with traditional materials like...
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3 Reasons Why Spray Foam Insulation Can Help You Create A Passive House
Building a passive house is a massive, but rewarding, undertaking. While there aren’t hard and fast rules to building a passive house, in order to have your home certified as such, you do need to...
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How Insulation Helps with Home Energy Efficiency
Want a comfortable home and manageable utility bills? Who doesn’t it! The problem is that air leaks can occur from any of dozens of cracks and gaps in a home. Custom home builders know that any...
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How Spray Foam Insulation Can Help Keep You Comfortable In A Winter Storm
Think about this scenario - It’s the middle of winter, and you just heard the latest storm forecast. There’s a blizzard with high winds headed toward your city or town, and weather forecasters are...
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It’s Not Too Late to Winterize Your Home
Depending on which part of the country you live in, winter may mean slightly cooler, sometimes rainy days, or it may mean lake effect snow that piles up 4 feet in front of your house. What do both...
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Reasons a Passive House Is Ideal For Winter
Your house may be a source of discomfort in the winter – maybe because of drafts or because you’ve been trying not to spend too much money on heating a home that never seems to get warm. If this...
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14 Ways to Winterize Your Home
The impending cold weather may leave some people dreading winter, but if you start well in advance, there are lots of steps you can take to winterize your home and stay comfortable throughout the...
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Reviews On Spray Foam Insulation: Our Best Articles of 2017
The end of the year brings the inevitable reviews and “Best Of” lists in all kinds of categories. This year, we decided to join in on the fun and post our reviews on spray foam insulation, or the...
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How Winterizing Your Home Can Help You Adapt to Climate Change
An increasing number of homeowners are beginning to understand that climate change doesn’t only mean the earth will be getting warmer. There’s no question that greenhouse gases are impacting the...
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Why Icicles Can Be a Sign Your Home Isn’t Energy Efficient
When you think of a classic winter scene, a home with the roof lined with icicles may come to mind, but those icicles may not be a good thing. In fact, icicles can sometimes be a sign that your...
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The Role Spray Foam Insulation Can Play in Efficient Homes
If you’re building a new home, or renovating your current home, there’s a good chance you thinking about maximizing its energy efficiency. Energy efficient homes are not only a great choice to...
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Why You Shouldn’t Google How to Install Insulation in Attics
There are plenty of homeowners out there who assume that, if you can find the instructions online to do-it-yourself, you really should just do it yourself. When it comes to insulation, however,...
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Extreme Weather Events - How to Repair & Prepare following flooding and hurricanes
Extreme weather events can cause serious damage. Damage to homes can be extensive and expensive to repair. Prepare your home for future hurricanes and flooding with spray foam insulation like Icynene.
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