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Read MoreSpray foam insulation can be intimidating. You not only need to understand the equipment and materials, but also whether you're making a profit or losing money — making accurate job costing crucial. Overeager and over-ambitious contractors often rush to the bottom, aiming to be the cheapest bid just to win work. This strategy puts lots of companies out of business. Underbidding without checking the accuracy of the other company’s bid or your own profitability is a dangerous game of slim margins.
Read MoreThe spray foam industry is rapidly expanding, which means the importance of certification for you and your employees is more important than ever. The minute you step onto the jobsite, you become the manufacturer.
Read MoreSpray foam insulation can be intimidating. You not only need to understand the equipment and materials, but also whether you're making a profit or losing money — making accurate job costing crucial. Overeager and over-ambitious contractors often rush to the bottom, aiming to be the cheapest bid just to win work. This strategy puts lots of companies out of business. Underbidding without checking the accuracy of the other company’s bid or your own profitability is a dangerous game of slim margins.
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Read MoreAssembling the best possible spray foam equipment in a rig can make a huge impact on your ROI. In most cases, the size of the equipment really depends on your climate zone and the size of jobs you will be working on.
Read MoreThanks to free machines and box stores, consumers think blowing fiberglass is easy. And in many ways, it can seem that way. We could run to a store today, buy some fiberglass, rent a machine and fill an attic. However, did it get done efficiently or were we wasting product? Material makes up a large portion of the cost for any blown-in project. To a homeowner, losing $150 - $400 on fiberglass isn’t much. After all, they didn’t have to pay someone else to do it, so in their mind, they saved money. But, as a business owner, losing that money is a big deal. Luckily, there are ways you can efficiently blow fiberglass and not waste any product or profit.
Read MoreA vapor retarder & thermal barrier in one application, you read that right! Check out our video on No-Burn®’s ThB Spray Seal. Open cell spray foam has great sound attenuation and so many other benefits, but installing open cell in the north requires a vapor retarder. When spraying attics, crawl spaces, or anywhere the foam will be exposed, if there is potential to use the space, code requires it to be separated from storage, or occupied space, by a fifteen-minute thermal barrier.
Read MoreHave you done your research on requirements for DOE compliant Zero Energy Ready Homes (ZERH)? Are you worried about changes and new code regulations? Well, here’s some good news — depending on where you work as a contractor, you may already be building homes to the ZERH standard.
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