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Pole barns, shops and metal buildings

Pole barns, shops and metal buildings

A steel shell sweats, drips and swings with the weather. Closed cell foam on the roof and walls stops the dripping and holds the heat. Pole barns, shops, cabins and a round house so far.

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A pole barn with walls and roof sealed in closed cell foam
A pole barn, walls and roof.

Why steel buildings drip

Bare metal gets cold fast. When warm, damp air inside touches it, the water comes out of the air right on the steel and drips onto whatever is under it. Closed cell foam keeps that air off the metal. The foam has to be thick enough for the climate so its inside face stays warm, the same rule the DOE gives for foam on roofs: it must be thick enough to prevent dewpoint condensation on its interior surface [1].

What we foam

  • Pole barn and post frame walls and roofs
  • Metal shops
  • Cabins, sun rooms and round houses
  • Under the slab on new builds, before the pour

Flood prone sites

FEMA rates closed cell and sprayed polyurethane foam Class 5, highly resistant to floodwater damage [2]. If your building sits low, that matters.

Closed cell foam on the ceiling of a round house, rafters meeting at the center
A round house, roof deck and walls in closed cell foam.
A pole barn ceiling and walls in closed cell foam with shop lights
A pole barn, roof and walls.
A scissor lift inside a pole barn during spraying
Roof work from the lift.
An installer on scaffolding spraying closed cell foam between ceiling joists
Ceiling joists, sprayed from the scaffold.
An installer spraying foam over the ground inside new footers before the slab is poured
Under the slab, before the pour.

Questions about this job

Why closed cell in a metal building?

It sticks to the metal, seals the seams, and is a vapor retarder at about 2 inches, so warm, damp inside air does not reach the cold steel and drip. The DOE rates closed cell under 1 perm at 2 inches [1].

Does it make the building stronger?

Closed cell does. The DOE says the racking strength of frame walls is substantially increased when closed cell foam fills the cavities, and roof structure and wind resistance are enhanced with closed cell on the roof deck [1].

Can you do just the roof?

Yes. We can price the roof and the walls separately so you can see both.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Energy, Building America. Which Spray Foam Is Right For You? Appropriate applications for open-cell and closed-cell foam insulation (2009).
  2. FEMA. Technical Bulletin 2: Flood Damage-Resistant Materials Requirements (August 2008), Tables 1 and 2.