Spray Foam Insulation in New Philadelphia, OH

Spray foam insulation in New Philadelphia starts with knowing which era the house comes from. Point2Homes, summarizing ACS data, shows 29.7% of the city's homes were built before 1940, 10.2% in the 1940s, 14.9% in the 1970s and 10.1% in the 1980s. Wikipedia traces the area back to Schoenbrunn, founded by Moravian missionaries in 1772 as the first settlement in the Northwest Territory; the town was resettled in 1804 and grew on coal, clay and manufacturing.

Pre-war homes

These homes usually have plaster walls with empty cavities, balloon framing, open chases and thin attics. Our order: block and seal the wall tops and attic floor, foam the rim joist, blow in attic insulation, then dense-pack the walls.

1970s and 1980s homes

They have some insulation but little air sealing. Attic sealing, rim joist foam and attention to bonus rooms and garage ceilings are typical.

Owner-occupied city

About 63.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied and 71.5% are detached houses, per Point2Homes, so many customers plan to stay and phase the work.

River and basements

The city lies along the Tuscarawas River. Homes on lower streets get a basement moisture check before any foam.

Additions and porches

Many older houses here have been added onto over the decades: an enclosed back porch, a kitchen bump-out on piers, a room over a crawl space. Those additions are often the coldest rooms in the house because their floors and walls were never insulated to match. Closed-cell foam under the floor and sealing where the addition meets the original house usually fix them.

Kent State and Harry Clever Field side

The southeast side of the city, near the Kent State University Tuscarawas campus and Harry Clever Field, has a mix of mid-century and newer homes. Those usually need air sealing and rim foam more than wall work.