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Initial Spray Foam Application

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DIY Spray Foam Insulation To Lower Energy Bill

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What happens here

The host performs a few test sprays on the wooden framing to gauge the expansion and coverage of the foam. He starts applying the spray foam to the sloped walls, aiming for a consistent 3-inch thickness as specified by the engineering plans. He notes that wearing goggles with a respirator causes fogging, making it difficult to precisely monitor the application. He also learns that the spray foam gun tips must be replaced if not used for more than 20 seconds to prevent clogging. A regular stepladder is used for accessible heights.

Goal: The host performs test sprays and begins applying the spray foam to the sloped walls and rim joists, focusing on consistent coverage and reaching the specified 3-inch thickness.

Tools and materials

  • Protective Gear (Tyvek suit
  • respirator
  • goggles
  • gloves)
  • Spray Foam Gun/Hoses
  • Stepladder

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see what happens [Music] okay so couple of little test spots here uh first of all it sucks wearing goggles with the respirator because it fogs up so it's hard to see how much you're applying so I'm just trying to go as consistent as possible uh it's rising really well it's kind of hard to say how fast I need to go cuz it's still Rising we need to hit 3 in that's what our engineering plans wrote out so 3 in of spray rigid foam and then we got to use our bat insulation to get the r value that's desired but all in all this is cool I did just learn that if you're not using the gun for more than 20 seconds you got to replace the tip so fortunately they gave me a bunch of tips here so that shouldn't be a problem let's party this is kind of fun so that's about as high as I can reach with this ladder uh that's about that's a 12T ladder another maybe 3et maybe 15 ft I have another maybe 10 to 12 to go I'm going to use my Roofing ladder for that uh unfortunately uh but these hoses only go up to 15 so I might have to come up with some kind of scaffolding situation in order make it reach so in the meantime I'm just going to get as much stuff as I can actually reach it right now onward and

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