Q. I live in a ranch-style home that was built in the late 1960s. Recently, I have been approached by two different contractors touting the energy savings benefits of making my attic space ...

Note: over the bay section ONLY is closed cell spray foam / the remainder of the house is fiberglass with R-30 in the attic. 4. we have closed off the gable vents. Our roofing contractor felt this ...

He would spray the foam until it covered every air leak ... Gaps such as soffit vents, roof vents, gable vents, chimney openings and plumbing vent stacks must be tightly sealed.

Are the vents OK being exhausted to the attic (provided there is sufficient ... window and then filling the voids with low-expanding spray-foam insulation. As for your question about vent fans ...

A fire in an attic of a Sea Pines home Sunday apparently started when spray foam insulation ignited near an attic fan. Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue firefighters were called to the Greenwood ...