But with spray foam ventilation is not an issue.
Do attics require ventilation with spray foam insulation.
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.
One article was entitled spray foam insulated homes need ventilation posted on oct 22 2014 by allison a.
That is now a conditioned part of your house just like any room in your house.
Earlier this year i got a question about a home that had spray foam insulation in the attic.
This alternative to traditional building insulation fiberglass can be applied into wall cavities holes concrete slabs and even onto roof tiles and.
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.
Now we use attic ventilation when we use products like fiberglass because we have to manage the moisture.
When we seal the attic with spray foam it s as tight as a butter tub.
However in a traditionally insulated attic insulation on the ceiling the attic is vented.
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.
One huge benefit of the spray foam insulated attic is that conditioned air leakage from the ac furnace duct system is contained and used to condition the attic.
Nothing unusual about that.