What are the pricing factors for insulating your new build home?
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Welcome to foam university. Today we're going to talk about the pricing factors
that go into the cost of spray foaming a new build house.
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So the first and foremost factor that goes into the
price for spray foam when new build is the
square footage of the treated surface. What i mean by
that is the surface that is actually going to be spray foamed.
Whether that is the crawl space walls, the ceiling of the house, the exterior
walls, the roof deck or the flat of the attic.
Whatever the case is whatever surface is going to be sprayed
that square footage is paramount. So keep in mind when we
think about the square footage of a home we often think about the living space
square footage or the floor plan square footage. When you buy a house and
you might tell someone oh that's a 1500 square foot home
you're referring to the floor plan or the living space
that's not at all what we're talking about right now we're talking about the
actual square footage of the wall for example or like i said
the roof deck on top of the house. So obviously that is going to play a big
part because that is what the pricing is based off of
is square footage. Now rolling on to the next point and that is
the takeouts or any deductions in that square footage
that is based off of doors and windows any areas inside those
that square footage that surface that we're talking about it is
not going to be insulated. The easiest way to think about that
like i said is doors and windows. So the first
main thing to think about square footage of the treated surface and
any areas inside that square footage that is not going to be treated.
The next thing that we want to talk about is the type of material that
you're going to use and how thick that material is applied.
So the big question is open cell or closed cell. Well obviously
both materials have pros and cons to themselves and both materials can work
perfectly well to insulate your new build house.
However the pricing is a little bit different for each material
and how thick you want that material applied will play a role as well.
Along those same lines how you have that material applied
in different areas will make a difference too. So for example in the
crawl space if you insulate the crawl space
walls versus the floor of the house that will play a difference.
Obviously it's applied differently the square footage will be a little bit
different and the thickness may be different as well.
The attic is the other big area where you may have to make a decision
on which way to go. Whether you insulate the roof deck of the house or the floor
or flat of the attic space. So again the
application and the material will make a big difference on cost as well.
So the last point we want to talk about
is what parts of the home you are doing. Now obviously we're going to recommend a
whole house system because you want to establish that entire building envelope
around the entire building. Now if you're only looking to do partial areas like if
you just want to seal up the crawl space with foam or if you just want to do the
outer walls or just the attic or whatever the case may be
obviously that's going to play a role in pricing.
Now if you just want to do one specific area you may only be
spending a couple thousand dollars on spray foam.
Or if you have the entire house done and you establish that building envelope
around the whole building you could spend ten plus thousand
dollars on encapsulating the entire home. So keep that in mind that you have a big
range in what areas you do will play a big part.
The best thing i can recommend for you to get a as close
budget number as possible without having someone out to the home
is go to our website retrofoam of michigan.com and check out our budget
calculator you can plug in the information on your specific home
and like i said get some pretty accurate numbers on what it would cost to
insulate your home a spray foam insulation.
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