The Spray Team Part I

“I’ve never seen anything like this”, says Jay Sigurdson, above, one of the The “A” Team – aka the Spray Team – who is squatting in my living room with his insulation spray gun. (Oh, I’ve heard that before about this drafty old house built like Frankenstein from spare parts over the decades.)

The worker from Jerry’s Insulating is referring to the space under our front bay window (shown above) – about 10 feet long and a couple of feet deep – that he’s discovered is completely empty and is taking in tons of the “pour foam. “Just wait until you feel how much warmer you’ll be in here,” he adds. (Music to my ears.)

I hear the hiss of their spray guns as they pour the Icynene foam (only used for plaster walls) into the toonie-sized holes they drilled in the exterior walls of he living room (2 walls); kitchen (1 wall, including drilling through back of cabinets); bathroom (1 wall); kids’ bedrooms (2 walls each).

Speedy Gonzalas with Guns

“This job would have taken us at least a couple of days when the company started” almost a decade ago, says John Allan, the second insulator. Instead, today it’s taken only 3 hours total – and that’s for the main floor AND basement insulation work!

Some more photos here:

The truck that took up our whole driveway…

… And inside the truck – a nest of hoses and pumps and more insulation wizardy:

Next blog post: What Went Down… Downstairs. Insulating another level of our home, using different insulation material and a different method.