BLACK BEAR SPRAY FOAM LLC
We provide Spray Foam Insulation, Fiberglass, and Mineral wool throughout the state of CT. Established in 2014.
Call Roy - 203-747-5157
About our company
Roy Bogue - Our Owner
My commitment to you:
I will not do the following:
Waste your time.
Try to sell you things other than what you specifically ask for.
Insult you by lying about anything.
Overcommit or make promises I cannot keep.
Take your money without full delivery of my work.
Meet with you to look at the work and stay any longer than necessary (see item 1)
Try to sell you more expensive Insulation than you need to increase my profit
I will do the following:
Treat your project the same way I would if I were doing it in my home.
Respect your property and those that live there.
Perform my work in a timely fashion and in completion per my proposal.
Communicate well and often.
Hiring contractors is scary, I know, I almost entirely refuse to hire contractors for my home because of how unreliable and unscrupulous most of them are. I personally despise working this way so I promise that I will not do it to you.
Services
Spray Foam Insulation
WHY CHOOSE SPRAY FOAM?
The properties of SPF insulation can help:
- Save 30% or more on heating and cooling costs.
- Keep your home cooler in summer & warmer in winter.
- Control your indoor air quality.
- Increase your indoor comfort in all rooms.
- Reduce pollutants, allergens & pests entering your home.
Traditional Fiberglass
We provide all types of fiberglass insulation in all sizes based on project specific needs. We are not just a spray foam contractor, we are an insulation contractor.
Mineral wool and Sound proofing
We provide mineral wool for thermal insulation as well as acoustical sound proofing purposes, etc. We are a complete insulation contractor..
Meeting Building code the smart way
Overview
By utilizing Black Bears Home energy modeling performance based approach we meet and exceed code with R-values that are substantially lower than the prescriptive approach. In Fact, The REM program will typically show that a Spray foam house at the lower R-values will outperform the prescriptive home by 30-50%.
If you are building a new home and heading towards the insulation portion of your project, it will be very daunting to know that prescriptive or dictated R value requirements to meet code have gone up once again. The R values required in our region are now R60 in attics, R30 for exterior walls, and R 30 for basement/garage ceilings. Following these scheduled R values requires the following amount of spray foam to meet this new code:
Attic/rafter – 8.5 inches closed cell, or 16 inches open cell
Walls - 4.5 inches closed cell.
Basement or garage ceilings – 4.5 inches closed cell, or 8 inches open cell
A spray foam installation with these thicknesses of application cost a fortune. What makes matters worse is that in meeting code in this fashion nearly half of the installed spray foam doesn't even increase the performance of the thermal envelope as can be seen in the conductive flow chart below of spray foam performance by inch thick applied.
This is why we, at Black Bear Spray Foam, have utilized and continue to utilize the prescriptive section of the code which allows for engineering and calculating a specific homes thermal envelope. When we can show that we exceed the performance of the above stated R values with traditional insulation materials (fiberglass, mineral wool, cellulose) with high performance insulation (Spray Foam) by 30%, that it is the only amount of spray foam required to be installed in your home. This is the prescriptive or performance-based approach to meeting the code. This method typically results in the below applied thickness of spray foam therefore saving our customers anywhere between $5,000.00 and as high as $15,000 for an installation without losing any performance of the system.
Attic/rafter – 3-4 inches closed cell, or 6-8 inches open cell.
Walls – 2 inches closed cell.
Basement or garage ceilings – 2 inches closed cell, or 4 inches open cell.
The total foam thickness reduction as can be seen below in the charts is only eliminating the foam that is achieving less than 1-2% of performance increase per inch resulting.
More technical information: When our reports indicates that your project meets the 2021 IECC-CT standard
International Energy Conservation Code, 2018 Edition: Developed and published by the International Codes Council, the IECC‐2018 “establishes minimum regulations for energy efficient buildings using prescriptive and performance‐related provisions. This code is founded on principals intended to establish provisions consistent with the scope of an energy conservation code that adequately conserves energy; provisions that do not unnecessarily increase construction costs; provisions that do not restrict the use of new materials, products or methods of construction; and provisions that do not give preferential treatment to particular types or classes of materials, products or methods of construction.”
Closed cell spray foam loss of efficiency after 3-4"s