Spray Foam Insulation in Corry, PA

Spray Foam Insulation in Corry covers the second-largest city in Erie County, with 6,210 residents at the 2020 census according to Wikipedia. Corry grew up at a railroad junction in 1861 and boomed with the nearby oil discoveries, becoming a borough in 1863 and a city in 1866. It later became famous for building Climax locomotives. The 2020 census counted 2,799 housing units, 8.5% vacant.

Older housing

A city that boomed in the 1860s and grew through its industrial years has a lot of older housing. Older frame houses typically have empty or thinly insulated walls, attics with little insulation and basements with bare rim joists. Air sealing and foam at the rim, plus dense-pack in the walls, are the usual plan.

Checking old houses

We check older homes for live knob-and-tube wiring before filling walls and for vermiculite before disturbing attic fill. Both are common in houses of this age, and both change the plan.

Snow country

Corry sits in the southeastern corner of Erie County in heavy snow country. Attic heat loss melts roof snow and builds ice dams. A sealed attic floor and more insulation, toward the R-49 Pennsylvania's code lists for Zone 5 ceilings, address the cause.

Phasing the work

For an older house, we often suggest starting with attic sealing and the rim joist, then walls. Each item is priced separately on the quote so you can phase it.

Basements in an older city

Many Corry homes have stone or block foundations that can be damp in spring. Closed-cell foam on the rim joist stops cold air at the top of the foundation and keeps humid basement air off cold wood. If walls seep, drainage comes first; foam is not waterproofing. We look for staining and efflorescence during the visit and tell you what we see before we quote.

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