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Ryland · 10-11-11, 10:50 PM

I hired out the spray foam because we have an uneven sand stone foundation that needed to be foamed at the top to seal well, so blocks of foam would not have worked well.
Our bid called for 2" of foam and I found 20% of them to be done right, many of them had a quarter inch of foam or so, and some had none! there was even a spot in a hard to get to corner that I could stick my arm out in to open cold air, needless to say it took three trips back to get our house sealed up, but if I had not checked their work it would have been worthless!
So if you get a bid, make sure it has a depth on there and if it does not don't do it! if it does then check it with a thin wire with tape marking off that depth, if they don't do their job per spec, don't pay until it's done.

10-11-11, 10:50 PM	#8
Ryland Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Western Wisconsin. Posts: 913 Thanks: 127 Thanked 82 Times in 71 Posts	I hired out the spray foam because we have an uneven sand stone foundation that needed to be foamed at the top to seal well, so blocks of foam would not have worked well. Our bid called for 2" of foam and I found 20% of them to be done right, many of them had a quarter inch of foam or so, and some had none! there was even a spot in a hard to get to corner that I could stick my arm out in to open cold air, needless to say it took three trips back to get our house sealed up, but if I had not checked their work it would have been worthless! So if you get a bid, make sure it has a depth on there and if it does not don't do it! if it does then check it with a thin wire with tape marking off that depth, if they don't do their job per spec, don't pay until it's done.