Wall Insulation West Palm Beach
A West Palm Beach home can lose as much as 35% of heated or cooled air through uninsulated cavity-type walls and even more through uninsulated solid walls. Adding wall insulation to your West Palm Beach, FL home or business saves money on energy bills and limits the amount of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses you release into the atmosphere.
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Closed-Wall InstallationThere are two types of wall insulation for homes in West Palm Beach, FL. Before the 1930s, houses were built with solid walls, but most modern West Palm Beach houses have hollow walls and can use wall insulation we install between an interior and exterior wall. With new construction, builders can easily add wall insulation before adding the inside sheetrock or wallboard. Most wall insulation types can't easily be added once a home is built, but spray insulation is an exception. To add spray foam wall insulation in a finished West Palm Beach home, we drill small holes in the wall, either through the exterior or the interior wallboard. The insulation contractor sprays the foam through the holes and fills the cavity between the inner and outer walls.
Spray foam insulation is created by combining two liquid compounds that are applied and expand into an insulating foam. West Palm Beach Spray Foam Insulation contractors apply the liquid through a spray applicator that mixes two components at the nozzle. The compounds react with each other, expand into a foam, and harden quickly. The expanding foam fills air gaps in the wall cavity, creating an effective insulating barrier. Spray Foam Insulation is excellent sound proofing insulation, too. You will hear less outside noise if we add spray foam wall insulation. |
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Can I Install Wall Insulation Myself?Installing spray foam wall insulation in your West Palm Beach, FL home or business can be tricky and should be left to professional insulation contractors. Spray foam insulation can expand to up to 100% of the original volume.
Spraying too much wall insulation in a West Palm Beach house could damage the walls. Contractors know to use foam products designed specifically for closed-wall applications because they are less aggressive in their expansion. |
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Installation AlternativesOccasionally, other spray foam wall insulation methods may be needed for a West Palm Beach home or business. Depending on your walls' construction, it may not be possible to install foam insulation through drilled holes.
Our wall insulation installer may recommend removing the wallboard in your West Palm Beach home so that the foam can be applied in the open wall cavities. Another possibility involves adding to interior walls to create a wall insulation space. |
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Solid Wall InsulationAlthough rare in West Palm Beach, homes built before 1930 could have solid walls. If so, you cannot insulate by filling a cavity. Solid walls tend to lose heated or cold air faster than cavity walls, so wall insulation is particularly important. Your choices are to either insulate the exterior or interior wall.
On the interior, we can add insulation board by adding wall studs, or avoid losing floor space by using insulating wallpapers. For exterior wall insulation, we can add rigid foam panels or spray foam under the siding or roofing of your West Palm Beach home. |
Contact West Palm Beach Spray Foam Insulation about adding wall insulation in your West Palm Beach, FL home or business. We look forward to helping you save money and improve the environment.