Soybean Based Spray Foam Insulation

With energy costs rising you re probably wondering how to keep precious dollars from flying out all the leaks in your walls.

Soybean based spray foam insulation.

Density of products per product line. Jennifer wilson of biobased insulation a soy based spf product claims that its exclusive agrol polyol is 96 pure making it one of the purest bio polyols on the market jeff soto apex foam states that their earth seal foam system offers a unique sucrose based polyol that contributes to a b side that consists of 30 to 40 of a renewable resource the highest renewable. And with this insulation you don t need to fret if you re allergic to airborne fibers or preservatives that come with other insulations. Soy based uses water to spray it on.

Green insulation technologies 11614 st rt 88 garrettsville ohio 44231 phone. Using spray foam products spray insulation is sticky so wear rubber gloves a long sleeved shirt and eye protection. Soy based insulation may also reduce building costs by decreasing the amount of lumber used. Because polyol is roughly half of what makes up polyurethane foam insulation the other half being iso soy content in soy insulations actually maxes out at a whopping 2 5.

Rigid foam soy insulation is new on the market as well. Soy based spray foam insulation in their kitchen walls saves jennifer and jason lafleur hundreds a year on their energy bills. 330 527 foam 3626 fax 330 527 3627 e mail. According to demilec it has a high r value of 7 4 at 1 inch and a density of two pounds.

One manufacturer urethane soy systems co. Heatlok soy 200 plus is a closed cell spray foam insulation that also incorporates recycled plastic bottles. It has less chemical off gassing during application. You would think that in order to call something soy or soy based spray foam insulation soy content would have to be at least 50.

Eco spray foam insulation. Green insulation technologies manufactures two product lines a water blown soy based foam and a water blown castor based foam. Soy based spray foam doesn t have chemicals that off gas or slowly evaporate after being installed. Volga s d touts its soy therm as having a density of 1 2 pound per cubic foot of rigid foam insulation.

Foam products git products are water blown soy based foam and water blown caster based foam. Half pound 1 pound 1 7 pound 2 5 pound pour in place. Soy based uses water to spray it on. The best solution is insulation.

While there is little doubt that soy based insulation is less toxic than polyurethane according to the architecture experts at horizon builders though the current soy products perform much better than fiberglass batts there are some sacrifices with soy foam in that they don t insulate as well as closed cell polyurethane foam. Yet here we are at approximately. The renewable soybean oil content in the polyol used to make heatlok soy 200 plus is 13 5 percent.