Spray Foam Insulation

Good Life Uses Best-In-Class Spray Foam Products

Spray Foam Insulation

Polyurethane Spray Foam Insulation provides excellent performance by tackling the main factors that lead to heat loss or gain in your home, including air leaks, heat transfer, and moisture buildup. It works by expanding to fill gaps and cracks, creating an airtight seal that prevents warm or cool air from escaping, and keeps unwanted outside air from entering. This reduces energy waste and helps maintain a stable, comfortable temperature year-round.

At Good Life Energy Savers, our high performance polyurethane spray foam is applied by our installation professionals who are certified and approved applicators. We use top-of-the-line open and closed-cell spray foam products, which not only improve energy efficiency but also enhance overall comfort by creating a more consistent indoor environment. These advanced insulation solutions offer long-lasting benefits, including lower energy bills and a more comfortable living space.

Good Life’s Spray Foam Installers have completed the certification programs by the Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA). This status means that they have demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and abilities established by industry and SPFA to be deemed proficient in spray foam application.

R-Value & Air Leakage vs Fiberglass

In most older homes, fiberglass batts have an R-value of about 3.5 (1-inch thickness) but this is not a “true” R-value since there is no air barrier. Most Open Cell Spray foams have a true R-value of about 4.0 per inch and Closed Cell has an R-value of over 6 per inch. Fiberglass batts can start to deteriorate and drop over time and can leave gaps and small sections uninsulated. Spray foam completely adheres to wood and sheathing; the result is a permanent barrier to heat loss and air entry. In addition, spray foam will add strength to the structure where fiberglass batts will not.

Spray Foam Insulation Uses

Spray Foam Insulation can be used in new construction and additions as well as in older homes as a retrofit product. For new construction or renovations on existing homes, we typically use open and closed cell polyurethane spray foam to spray open wall cavities, attic rafters and roof systems, as well as basements and crawl spaces.

A Tight Thermal Envelope That Means Year-Round Comfort for Your Family

In a typical home, up to 50% of conditioned air is lost from gaps, thus resulting in excessive heating and cooling bills. Our spray foam insulation system performs proficiently, dramatically reducing air leaks which results in a consistently comfortable home. It seals the nooks and crannies where dust and pollen can enter the home, creating a much healthier living environment. Our spray foam also helps prevent condensation, which is key in averting mold growth. Once applied, spray foam forms the foundation of a virtually airtight thermal envelope.

Bottom Line Benefits

Using spray foam insulation in your home offers several key benefits such as:

Improved Energy Efficiency: Spray foam creates an airtight seal that reduces energy loss, helping to keep your home warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. This leads to lower heating and cooling costs.

Better Indoor Comfort: By reducing air leaks and temperature fluctuations, spray foam helps maintain a more consistent and comfortable indoor environment year-round.

Moisture Control: Spray foam acts as a moisture barrier, reducing the risk of mold and mildew growth by preventing water from seeping into your home.

Noise Reduction: The dense nature of spray foam helps reduce sound transmission, making your home quieter by blocking out external noise and minimizing sound between rooms.

Long-Term Durability: Spray foam is highly durable, maintaining its performance for many years without sagging or settling, which means less maintenance and longer-lasting insulation.

Increased Home Value: Homes with spray foam insulation are often more attractive to potential buyers because of the energy savings and increased comfort, which can boost your home's resale value.

Environmental Benefits: By improving energy efficiency, spray foam helps reduce your carbon footprint and energy consumption, contributing to a greener, more sustainable home.

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Open vs Closed Cell Spray Foam

As members of the Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA), we utilize various forms and brands of Spray Foam, with the main choices being open or closed cell. Open cell spray foam tends to be softer and can act as a good sound barrier as well as insulator. Closed cell spray foam is extremely strong and serves as an air and vapor barrier. We will help you decide on the best application for your home during our FREE consultation, answering any questions you may have.

Here are some of the differences between open & closed cell foams. We will use our expertise to recommend the best one for you, and may even suggest that you use a combination of both types of spray foam products in various areas of your home.

Open Cell

With any open cell spray foam, tiny cells of the foam are broken and air fills all of the “open” space inside the material. This makes the foam softer feeling than closed-cell foam. Most open cell spray foams have an R value of between 3.5 and 4.5 per inch.

Advantages:

More economical yield than closed cell

Excellent thermal insulating and air barrier properties

Effective as a sound barrier

Disadvantages:

Softer than closed cell

“Spongier” appearance than closed cell

Lower strength and rigidity than closed-cell foams

Closed Cell

Closed Cell Spray Foam is the highest quality insulation for improving the performance of a building envelope. A single application creates an air, moisture, and vapor barrier that adds to the building’s structural integrity. Closed cell spray foam is almost always preferred in basements and crawl spaces, because of its vapor resistance characteristics, and can also be used on walls and attics. The tiny foam cells of closed cell spray foam are closed and packed together. They are filled with a gas that helps the foam rise and expand and become a greater insulator. Closed cell foam would be a good choice where small framing sizes need the greatest R-value per inch possible. One inch of closed cell spray foam has an R Value of between 6 and 7.5. Closed cell foam is also an excellent vapor barrier. Building Codes stipulate that a vapor barrier must have a water vapor permeance less than 1 perm. Many closed cell foams significantly exceed these standards.

Advantages:

Strength

Higher R-value

Greater resistance to the leakage of air or water vapor

Disadvantages:

Denser; requires more material

Costlier than open cell spray foam

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Stops air and moisture infiltration to seal your home to greatly reduce energy costs
Adds strength to the building structure
Makes your home more comfortable
Reduces dust and harmful household mold and mildew
Reduces capacity requirements, maintenance and wear of HVAC equipment
Stops air and moisture infiltration to seal your home to greatly reduce energy costs
Adds strength to the building structure
Makes your home more comfortable
Reduces dust and harmful household mold and mildew
Reduces capacity requirements, maintenance and wear of HVAC equipment

Blown-in cellulose has an R-value of about 3 to 4 (1-inch thickness) but has no air seal. Blown-in cellulose will slow down air leakage, but can settle over time, leaving some sections uninsulated. Spray foam completely adheres to wood and sheathing; the result is a permanent barrier to heat loss and air entry. Open Cell Spray foam has a true R-value of about 4.0 per inch and Closed Cell has an R-value over 6 per inch. Spray foam completely adheres to wood and sheathing; the result is a permanent barrier to heat loss and air entry. In addition, spray foam will add strength to the structure where cellulose will not.

The most damaging moisture within a building envelope cavity is the result of warm moist inside air being exchanged with the cold dry outside air within the walls. As the moisture in the air condenses, it forms dew within the insulation. Because foam insulation is an air seal, this moisture movement and condensation does not occur. It is ideal for use in climates where buildings are both heated and air conditioned because the situation is reversed in summer with moisture forming on the back of the interior vapor retarder.

Your house DOES need to be ventilated, BUT most home engineers and building scientists (as well as the US Department of Energy) advise that you seal the structure as tight as possible and provide necessary ventilation through your air conditioning and heating system. Many systems employ an "air exchanger" which pre-conditions incoming outside air to control humidity and energy efficiency. This type of design along with spray foam creates a true Thermal Envelope.

Fiberglass batts will not stop air leakage. Spray foam will stop air leakage dead. Spray foam is also mold and moisture resistant unlike fiberglass.

Fiberglass batts have an R-value of about 3.5 (1-inch thickness) but this is not a “true” R-value since there is no air seal. Open Cell Spray foam has a true R-value of about 4.0 per inch and Closed Cell has an R-value over 6 per inch.

Fiberglass batts can sag over time and can leave gaps and small sections uninsulated. Spray foam completely adheres to wood and sheathing; the result is a permanent barrier to heat loss and air entry. In addition, spray foam will add strength to the structure where fiberglass batts will not.

Spray Foam Insulation provides a sealed thermal envelope. The insulation fills each cavity and void when applied. It contributes to the overall comfort and health of the occupants of a home because there are no loose fibers to move about. By reducing air infiltration, the insulation also reduces dust and harmful household mold and mildew. Spray Foam Insulation provides a healthier, draft-free environment with no harmful emissions that can cause allergic reactions.

Yes. Applying foam insulation under the wood floors or under subflooring not only creates an air seal and insulates the floor, but it also seals all the cracks and holes where rodents, insects, and spiders enter our homes. The foam will protect your wood floors from soil moisture rising from the ground which can slowly rot your wood. Installing fiberglass batts under your floors can be a problem because they tend to settle, creating an air gap where moisture can penetrate and wreak havoc on your wood, creating a more pleasant environment for insects and rodents.

For Attics & Basements as well as New Construction Walls: Spray Foam insulation will provide you with the highest R-Values and air sealing capabilities. Fiberglass batts have an R-Value of about 3.5 per inch, but they do not air seal. Spray foam provides a permanent barrier to air flow and heat loss. Spray Foam products, depending on the open or closed cell composition, range from about 4.0 per inch to over 6.0 per inch. Visit our Spray Foam Insulation Products and Spray Foam FAQs to compare R-Values for some of the open and closed cell Spray Foam insulation brands we use and where they would be typically applied in your home.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, 80% of the homes built before 1980 are not considered well insulated. Many of these homes have no little or no insulation, since building codes did not require minimum insulation at that time. Because of our installation process, if you have an existing home with little or no insulation or even if you have underperforming insulation in your walls today, you can dramatically improve your home’s R-Value without tearing down existing wall structures or undertaking major home remodeling projects.

The following map shows the U.S. Department of Energy’s minimum recommended* R-Values for newly constructed wood framed homes in various climates.

*These recommendations are based on the best available information on local fuel and materials costs, and weather conditions. Consequently, the levels may differ from current local building codes.

Testimonials

Customer Reviews

5.0

Immediate Improvement

"We noticed an immediate change in the performance and building envelope. We are much warmer, less drafty and quieter."

Luke E.

Ridgefield, CT

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5.0

The Best Experience

“By far, the best experience I’ve had with any work I’ve had done on the house. Every person I dealt with was pleasant and seemed to genuinely enjoy their job, and it showed in their work and demeanor.”

James G.

Scarsdale, NY

Via Mail-in Survey

5.0

Staggering Energy Reduction

"The 40% reduction in usage looked suspiciously high even though the numbers have been double and triple checked - the annual variations are quite staggering!"

Judy F.

Westport, CT

Via Mail-in Survey

5.0

Huge Difference!

"We talked, liked what I heard, believe and trusted Mark…and the insulation started flowing. Huge difference! Highly recommend."

Bill H.

Ridgefield, CT

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5.0

No Cleaning

“The team including the estimator was very professional. They explained the process and everything they said was going to be done was done. I was pleasantly surprised when I got home from work there was no cleaning for me to do after they were done. GREAT JOB GUYS.”

Seymour J.

West Haven, CT

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5.0

Very Professional

“I used Good Life Energy Savers. I found them to be very professional. I had insulation blown into the attic and foam sealant in the basement.”

Stefanie R.

Ridgefield, CT

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5.0

Very Informative

“Everyone was very informative through the entire process. Joe and his crew were great. Organized and worked non stop til they were done.”

Nancy C.

Poughquag, NY

Via Mail-in Survey

5.0

Great Results

“We used Good Life for foam insulation about 4 years ago with great results. An amazing difference, especially in the corner rooms of our house. We also did the energy audit and received a rebate.”

Carolyn G.

Ridgefield, CT

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5.0

Definitely Recommend

“Sergio and the guys were awesome. He clearly stated the job and the services your company would provide. I would definitely recommend Good Life to my neighbors.”

Barry W.

Pawling, NY

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5.0

Lower Utility Bills!

“I have only good things to say about this company. From start to finish the process was as easy as can be. The staff was friendly and extremely helpful and the installation was quick and easy. We are now enjoying the benefits of a warmer house and lower utility bills.”

Peter M.

South Salem, NY

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