Smith Valley, Nevada

Last month we were contacted by the owner of the disposal service for Smith Valley, and Yerington Nevada.  He has a trash and garbage disposal service that has a large three bay steel building for servicing all his equipment.  He built the building himself and it is standard steel construction.  He neglected to install the foam baffles that come with the building so all his roof edges, corners, and floor were not sealed from the outside air.  He contacted us because it was constantly cold in the winter in the shop and the dust was blowing in the building like there were no walls on it. 

We went out and sealed all the edges of the roof, corners, and floor with closed cell foam.  It is now tight and the outside air is not able to come inside the building unless the doors are open.  We used closed cell spray foam as it is rigid and this being a shop they can wash out the shop and not have any effect on the foam on the floor line. 

Closed cell spray foam is the best product for steel buildings.  It is tough and essentially it welds the whole building together.  No condensation will occur in the roof assemblies when sprayed with closed cell.   If you have ever been in the steel building construction trade you know that if you but a fiberglass batt up on the roof deck then you will have moisture.  Spray foam eliminates this completely.

We sprayed our shop which is 10,000 sqft with closed cell foam 3 inches for an R21.  We have 3 huge doors and our average winter heating bill is under $800 per month for the shop and the office.  We installed open cell spray foam around the office to keep the shop noise out and insulate the offices. 

If you have any questions feel free to contact us and we will be happy to answer any questions you have on installing spray foam in steel structures.