spray foam insulation for underside of roof
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31 May 2016 06:28 AM
Am spraying 4 in.closed cell foam to create a conditioned attic space. Installing a 3 ton 2 stage heat pump with variable speed air handler and a Ultra-Aire whole house dehumidifier. Installing outside propane hot water heater and propane emergency generator. 2444 sqft. heated and cooled with 9 ft. walls inside and outside. Someone recommend equipment for ventilating the master bath, hall bath, and stove top. Can I install a propane stove top?
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01 Jun 2016 06:26 PM
Sure, you can install a propane stove top,but an induction cooktop would have fewer indoor air quality issues.

But why would you use 4" of closed cell foam? The reasons I ask is...

That's less than R30, and thus won't meet code min anywhere in the US. (R30 is for zone 1 southern FL or Hawaii, everywhere else needs R38 to R49)

When placed between rafters, the thermal bridging of the rafters rob it of a significant fraction of it's performance due the R5-ish R value of the framing. At a 15% framing fraction the average or "whole assembly" R value of a roof deck sprayed with 4" of R7/inch (R28 center cavity) foam comes in at about R18 (U0.0.55) using GENEROUS assumptions for the R value of the roof decking and the interior & exterior air films, etc.

Most closed cell foam is blown with HFC245fa (with the exception of LaPolla's HFO1234 blowing and Aloha Energy's H2O blowing agent). This is a powerful greenhouse gas (about 1000x CO2 @ 100 years.)

At 4" closed cell foam is extremely vapor tight at 0.15-0.25 perms, offering extremely low drying capacity for the roof deck.

Closed cell foam is very expensive, at about 18 cents per R per square foot.

There are cheaper and lower impact ways to get there (or even to code-min!), but the moisture safe particulars vary by climate. Where are you located?

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