Spray Foam Insulation

[portliz]

Me again. Determined to get that rig warm enough for hubby to think winter camping might be fun!!!

We are having someone come to spray foam insulation on the walls of a crawl space addition. I was thinking of asking them to spray foam between the joists under the bedroom in the storage area of the 5 th wheel. - If it didn't cost too much. Is this a good idea? It is a clear storage area - no pipes in that area.

Would this be a problem later getting at something? shower? pipes or vents between the floor and ceiling of the storage area?

Liz

[shum]

Personally think it's a great idea. If there are no utilities in the way I can't see how it would hinder you down the line. Most can be easily removed through mechanical means of scraping/cutting it away anyways.

[High-Tech Redneck]

I agree with shum,,,even if you had to remove some of it,,,it's nothing that a knife and a paint scraper wouldn't take care of,,,,,they have even started using that process down here in the attics and walls,,,you get a 100 % complete penatration in even the smallest cracks,,,,,the only place where I could see you running into a problem,,is someone not wanting to mix up such small batch for that little area,,just wondering if they would think it would be worth their time for such a small area,,,I'm sure they could make the price worth their time,,,,,maybe you could find a contractor that was on a big job somewhere and set up a time to meet him with the 5er,,on his job site,,,,it wouldn't take 10 mins. for him to spray what you want done,, ,,,,,,your DH must be real cold natured ,,,huh ?

[GoinKZ]

I was thinking of asking them to spray foam between the joists under the bedroom in the storage area of the 5 th wheel. - If it didn't cost too much. Is this a good idea? It is a clear storage area - no pipes in that area.

I was thinking the same thing with my rig, as it seems the storage area/passthru seems to be a gigantic cold spot that just eminates thrugh into the bedroom.

I can see ZERO downside to it. Even if it was $200.00 it's money well spent IMHO

[another_newfie]

Another vote for it. I see virtually no downside. Given the amazing difference I have personally noticed with only reflectix and expanding foam, spray foam should yeild good results.

[JP camper]

$200 will buy a lot of the canned stuff, a couple practice runs and I think YOU guys could do this job yourself.

[portliz]

We are having someone come to spray the crawl space under our addition. Just thought if they needed to clear the hoses when done - they could do it in the storage space of the 5er. If it doesn't cost much and they are here anyway - doesn't hurt to ask.

Especially now that we finally have snow!!

Thanks all.
Liz

[shum]

Hey if they're there already it wouldn't hurt to ask

[GoinKZ]

As long as they have no grief getting to it, I can't see it being uber costly, IIRC those hatches you could likely crawl righ int ansd shoot it in less then 5 minutes.
I'll bet it's a $50 dollar bill, in which case that's a no brainer.

[Wood_Fairy]

Are you guys talking about the cans of spray foam sold at CT HD etc when you talk about a few cans of the stuff ? Do they also have insulating value ?