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Waiting for EPA Action on Spray Foam Insulation
Subtitle: The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to review information on hazards linked to use of uncured diisocyanate compounds, keeping alive the possibility that they’ll be heavily...
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Calculating the Global Warming Impact of Insulation
Subtitle: If you insulate with certain types of foam, thick insulation puts the planet at greater risk than thin insulation Images: In June 2010, Alex Wilson published a ground-breaking article,...
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Three Massachusetts Home Fires Linked to Spray-Foam Installation
Subtitle: The Massachusetts Division of Fire Safety warns fire chiefs about the dangers of negligent installations of spray polyurethane foam Images: UPDATED 8/16/2011The Massachusetts Division of...
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Spray Foam Jobs With Lingering Odor Problems
Subtitle: Smelly foam is rare, but when the problem occurs, everyone gets a headache Images: Should spray polyurethane foam be installed in an occupied house? Hundreds of spray foam contractors around...
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PHIUS Says No to Some Types of Spray Foam
Subtitle: Concerns about the global-warming potential of spray polyurethane foam prompt the institute to remove some spray foams from its list of allowed insulation materials Images: Passive House...
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Passivhaus and Spray Foam
Subtitle: Does the new rule from PHIUS signal a change in the Passivhaus standard, which until now hasn’t been prescriptive and hasn’t used checklists? Images: The Passive HouseA residential building...
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Spraying Polyurethane Foam Over an Existing Roof
Subtitle: Spray foam isn’t just used for insulation — it can also be used for roofing Images: When Taya and Stephen Shoup's old tar-and-gravel roof began leaking, the couple hoped to find a...
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Spray Foam Insulation Is Not a Magic Bullet
Subtitle: It’s time for me to bad-mouth something besides batt insulation Images: In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been pretty hard on batt insulationInsulation, usually of fiberglass or mineral wool...
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A New Blowing Agent With a Lower Environmental Impact
Subtitle: Honeywell begins production of a new blowing agent for foam insulation with a lower global warming potential than commonly used agents Images: Honeywell says that it has started full-scale...
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Prepping for Spray Foam
Prime: prime Subtitle: Getting ready for a foam-insulation crew means doing a lot more than you’d think Images: Spray-foam insulation is gaining popularity these days, and for good reason. Not only...
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Friendlier Foam Insulation On the Way, Eventually
Subtitle: New blowing agents that will lower the global warming potential of XPS and spray foam are under development, but they they aren’t ready yet Images: Builders who have been waiting for a new...
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Flash-and-Batt Insulation
Prime: prime Subtitle: Spray foam between the studs can reduce air leaks, but a continuous layer of exterior rigid foam makes more sense than flash-and-batt Images: Closed-cell spray polyurethane...
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Air Leakage Through Spray Polyurethane Foam
Prime: prime Subtitle: How thick does a layer of spray foam insulation has to be to qualify as an air barrier? Images: Many builders use spray polyurethane foam as an air barrierBuilding assembly...
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Will This Roof Design Have Problems?
Subtitle: A homeowner questions his architect’s plans for a standing-seam metal roof Images: Planning a new house in Climate Zone 6, Chad Kotlarz is reviewing his architect's plans for the roof — and...
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Airport House: Choosing and Installing an ERV
Subtitle: No, tight houses do not need to breathe, but they do need a source of fresh air Images: Editor’s note: This is one of a series of guest blogs by Reid Baldwin about the construction of his...
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