Comments on: The Spray Team Part I http://www.ecorenovate.ca/2009/12/17/the-spray-team-part-i/ Average Ontario Homeowners Saving the Planet While Saving Money Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:04:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Heather http://www.ecorenovate.ca/2009/12/17/the-spray-team-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Heather Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:04:18 +0000 http://www.ecorenovate.ca/?p=752#comment-71 That is a very good question; my guess is that there should be no problem since it is the pressure of blowing in the foam is the issue - plaster is strong enough to handle that pressure without coming apart. But once the foam has dries, covering it up with drywall should not have any effect. Best to ask an insulation professional though, like the dudes I used. That is a very good question; my guess is that there should be no problem since it is the pressure of blowing in the foam is the issue – plaster is strong enough to handle that pressure without coming apart.

But once the foam has dries, covering it up with drywall should not have any effect.

Best to ask an insulation professional though, like the dudes I used.

]]> By: Kerri http://www.ecorenovate.ca/2009/12/17/the-spray-team-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Kerri Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:28:44 +0000 http://www.ecorenovate.ca/?p=752#comment-69 Have an interwar house that needs insulation... but we are debating on whether we can live with the plaster or go ahead and switch to drywall. What happens with the foam if you later decide to go with drywall? Have an interwar house that needs insulation… but we are debating on whether we can live with the plaster or go ahead and switch to drywall. What happens with the foam if you later decide to go with drywall?

]]> By: Heather http://www.ecorenovate.ca/2009/12/17/the-spray-team-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Heather Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:21:39 +0000 http://www.ecorenovate.ca/?p=752#comment-45 Our old plaster walls are holding up just fine! Thanks for reading; stay tuned! Our old plaster walls are holding up just fine! Thanks for reading; stay tuned!

]]> By: Helen http://www.ecorenovate.ca/2009/12/17/the-spray-team-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Helen Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:54:32 +0000 http://www.ecorenovate.ca/?p=752#comment-44 Hi Heather - as the owners of a drafty old house we've thought about doing this but were told it would likely pop the plaster off our walls as the foam expanded. May give Jerry's a call for another opinion. Thanks for the info. Hi Heather – as the owners of a drafty old house we’ve thought about doing this but were told it would likely pop the plaster off our walls as the foam expanded. May give Jerry’s a call for another opinion. Thanks for the info.

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