Think about it folks, if you actually built the house you are living in, would you choose to use anything BUT spray foam to insulate your house? The sad fact is that you likely did not build your house and the person or contractor that did was looking to maximize profit, was unaware of the stunning benefits of spray foam or foam simply did not exist.

Forty percent, Yes 40%, of heat loss or gain in homes without spray foam insulation is due to excessive air-leakage. The only insulation product that creates a +99% air-seal is spray foam.

That is a staggering number to say the least. Think about saving 40% on every single heating/cooling bill since you have lived in hour home and for the next 20 years that you might be there.

Take my friend Jon for example, who has a poorly insulated home in Massachusetts. If you know New England at all you know that the Summers are HOT and the Winters are Cold (and usually it seems that Spring and Fall are only about a month long temperature wise.) Another fact about New England is that this is where it all began. Many of the homes here are historic and by that I mean OLD. Until the 70’s no one even thought of insulating houses and if they did they were well before their time.

So Jon lives in one of those “historic” homes and once he struggled through two years of being a new homeowner he finally put his insulation needs at the top of his list for year three. And boy was he happy he chose spray foam.

His heating and cooling costs averaged $280/month. I say average because the actual charges were MUCH higher in the Winter and Summer.

Jon decided that due to the style and state of the interior walls that he was going to gut the whole thing and start from scratch. After getting all of the plaster and lathe off of the perimeter walls he changed his mind about tearing down the rest (I don’t wanna brag Jon BUT – Told ya so.)

To make a long story short… Jon decided to go with a soy based closed-cell foam to get the best r-value possible from his barely 3″ wall cavities. After sealing up every minuscule crack and crevice in the perimeter walls he went ahead and had the attic sealed up and not only did he foam the sill area in the basement he actually had the spray foam company spray 2″ of foam on the fieldstone foundation walls.

After having a Heat Recovery Ventilation (HRV) system installed to increase indoor air quality Jon was out almost $10,000 for the project and he still hadn’t put his walls back up.

You see that $10k and you must think, WOW was it worth it? ABSOLUTELY!

Jon now averages under $100/month for heating and cooling. He is saving $180 EVERY month. He is saving over $2100/ year and once five years goes by the insulation has paid for itself and he is pocketing the rest for the rest of his life should he choose to stay that long. Luckily for Jon he made a great investment. His fiance, who recently got pregnant, plans to move in with Jon in two months and they will certainly be enjoying their long family lives together unaffected by the crazy New England weather.

Just a quick final note, this story is real and the biggest reason Jon saved way more money than average is because he had absolutely no insulation in the walls and his house only has seven windows which were swapped out for newer replacements that he reclaimed for a great deal for Habitat for humanity. He basically stole the windows for only $100 each and his brother put them in for nothing.