Why Closed Cell Insulation Might be Better for your Home

Are energy bills getting out of control in your home? Are you not sure what else you can do to make your energy bills better? You may want to start with an energy audit but when you are done you will want to think about putting insulation in your home, one of the best ways to seal your home up good and make sure that it stays warmer and save you money is with closed cell insulation.

Closed cell insulation is a spray insulation where the tiny foam cells are closed and packed much closer together than open cell insulation. Closed cell insulation is therefore denser and has a higher R-value, meaning that it will keep your home warmer and do a better job of keeping the elements out. While not always appropriate, closed cell insulation provides the best R-value per inch of any insulation. If you would like to know more about closed cell insulation visit our website at Eco Star Foam, we offers both open and closed cell insulation and would be happy to help you decide which one is right for you.

Closed-cell foams are superior insulators than open cell spray insulators. Open-cell spray foams insulator typically have R-values of 3 to 4 per inch on other hand closed-cell spray foams can attain R-values of 5 to 8 per inch.

Closed cell spray foam is very useful at places where space is limited as a thinner layer of insulation proves equally effective in comparison with open cell spray foam.

Open-cell spray foam is porous in nature and allow water vapor to penetrate the insulation where as Closed-cell foam is non-porous in structure and does not allow moisture to penetrate, form a effectively vapor barrier.

Closed-cell foam is very strong and increase structural strength of building by reinforcing the surface where as open-cell foam is soft with little structural strength.

Open-cell spray foam requires trimming after installation, and disposal of the waste material on other hand closed-cell foam rarely requires any trimming and with produces little or no waste.