Spray Foam Insulation in Bayshore Gardens, FL

Spray Foam Insulation in Bayshore Gardens usually means working in mid-century block homes. Developer Sydney R. Newman's group bought about 3,200 acres of former tomato fields in 1955, and the community opened in 1956. ACS figures via Point2Homes put the median year built at 1973, with 14.1% of units from the 1950s and 23.5% from the 1960s.

Low attics and flat ceilings

Homes from that era often have low-pitched roofs and shallow attics that are hard to move around in. Original insulation was thin, and later work on wiring, ducts and roofs has disturbed it. In these tight spaces, blowing loose fill from the hatch is often the easiest way to add depth. Where the attic is too low to work in safely, roof-deck foam applied from inside or during a reroof can be an option.

Near the bay

Bayshore Gardens is bordered by Sarasota Bay to the southwest and Bowlees Creek to the southeast, and Wikipedia lists its elevation at 0 feet. Homes this close to the water deal with humid air and storm risk. Closed-cell foam resists moisture better than other insulation, which matters where flooding is possible.

Campus neighbor

The main campus of State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, about 100 acres, is in Bayshore Gardens, so some streets have rentals and student housing along with long-time owner homes.

Leaks in old ceilings

Mid-century homes often have plaster or early drywall ceilings with lots of penetrations from decades of updates: new lights, fans, wiring and ducts. Each penetration is a leak. Air sealing comes first, then insulation. Without sealing, new insulation just filters the hot air that keeps leaking in.

Reroof timing

If you are planning a new roof, tell us. Roof-deck foam is easiest to plan when the roof is being replaced, and venting changes can be made at the same time.

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