Spray Foam Insulation in Dover, OH

Spray foam insulation in Dover is part of our everyday route, since Wikipedia describes Dover and New Philadelphia as twin cities. Dover's homes have a slightly different profile than ours: Point2Homes' ACS figures show 23.8% were built before 1940, but the single biggest decade is the 1970s, with 19.2% of the housing. The 2020 census counted 5,766 housing units.

The 1970s houses

Ranches and split-levels from that decade usually have fiberglass in the walls and attic but leak at the rim joist, the attic hatch, plumbing and wiring holes and around fireplaces. Sealing those leaks and spraying closed-cell foam on the rim are usually worth more than adding attic depth.

Older homes

The pre-war houses near downtown and the river need the full treatment: wall tops sealed, rim foamed, attic insulated, walls dense-packed.

Low ground

Dover sits where Sugar Creek meets the Tuscarawas River. We check low-lying basements for moisture before foaming walls.

Writing it down

Every Dover quote lists each space with the material, the depth or foam thickness, the R-value and the price, so you can compare quotes from other insulation companies line by line or decide which spaces to tackle first. Owners of older homes often start with the rim and attic and come back for the walls the following year.

Bonus rooms and finished basements

A lot of Dover's 1970s and later homes have a finished lower level or a family room added over the garage. Finished basements often have paneling over bare block, with the rim joist hidden behind a drop ceiling. Where the ceiling tiles lift out, we can usually reach the rim and foam it without disturbing the walls. Rooms over garages get closed-cell foam or dense-pack in the floor from the garage side. Both jobs make those rooms usable in January without overworking the furnace, and both are priced separately on the written quote.