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Old 09-27-10, 08:58 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by kbhale View Post
Upside down it is to excrete the foam. Very nasty if you get it on ya. Be careful the foam well swell pushing weak flexible stuff a part.
I heard ya! I'm planing to wait at least 24 hours for the adhesive to fully cure before pumping in the foam.

I used some of the regular crack filler foam a few years ago, when installing
a big (powerpig) 18,000 BTU in-wall AC.
I was amazed at it's expansion. It seemed like I was just using a small
amount, but it expanded so much that, when I came back from lunch, half of it was hanging outdoors.
A lot of trimming was needed.

The space to be filled is about 1.2 cubic feet . I hope the void will be mostly filled.
If not, 4 cans of foam should still cut the heat loss a good bit. Some is better than nothing.
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