Hybrid Sprayfoam

I am building a 600 sq foot cabin in US climate zone 5 with 2 by 6 wall construction. I have gotten a lot of great information from your web site and, as a result, the wall system from the outside in is 1.5 inches of XPS rigid foam insulation, housewrap, plywood. I am trying to decide what kind of insulation to use in the wall cavity.

A local insulation contractor recommended a 1.21lb hybrid foam that is 20% open cell and 80% closed cell. Has anyone ever heard of this hybrid foam? Any opinions about this product as insulation in the wall cavity and also insulation in the attic space between the rafters?

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Passivhaus and Spray Foam

The Passive House Institute U.S. (PHIUS) has banned the use of spray polyurethane foam (SPF) with high global warming potential (GWP). The discussion on high GWP insulation was elevated in an excellent piece, “Avoiding the Global Warming Impact of Insulation,” written by Alex Wilson, the executive editor of Environmental Building News. read more

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Occupation Winterizes

As temperatures dip below 15 degrees at night, New Haven’s occupiers have two new tools to shield themselves against Old Man Winter: a geodesic igloo and a solar-powered air heater.Add those to an outdoor movie screen and a tent compound that’s equipped with a working doorbell and porch light, and Occupy New Haven is enjoying a surprising number of modern conveniences as it moves into the coldest part of winter. more

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Happy Holidays

from all of us here at Foambook, have the happiest of holidays!

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Victorian marries old and new

Mark and Wesley McGowan’s thoroughly updated 110-year-old Chapel Avenue house has everything they could ask for, except the large, level yard they want for their growing family.

So, after living for more than two years in one of Nashville’s hottest urban neighborhoods, historic Eastwood, they are selling their Victorian home and considering purchasing a newer ranch-style house in another forward-moving area of East Nashville, the Rosebank neighborhood. more

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