Minimizing Potential Liabilities

with E:zero spray foam products

Home owners want to move into their new houses and enjoy them. Yet far too often, within just a few years, problems develop that range from excessive condensation to mold. These issues result from the homes insufficient air seal, which causes moisture-laden air to penetrate. As a result of this infiltration, condensation occurs in walls, attics and elsewhere, leading to severe consequences, from mold to health issues.

Desperate home owners suffering from mold issues often conclude that it must be the builders or architects fault since their house is new. In reality, the choice of traditional materials is often to blame. In the old days, these materials worked just fine; after all, houses were better ventilated, there was no air pollution, and air conditioning was either non-existent or less powerful.

In todays environment though, builders and architects can only protect themselves in a meaningful way by specifying and installing a proper insulation system that also includes a super-tight air seal. If the home is not insulated with spray foam insulation, then the air seal must be provided by other means such as caulking, taping, applying foam from cans, or other half measures. The problem with all these other methods is that their success depends on several factors:

• Excellent craftsmanship, requiring a very motivated installer to spend days on sealing every nook and cranny
• Caulks and tapes, which must be processed properly so that they dont fail within a short time
• Home owners, who must pay more attention to managing their interior relative humidity

If the decision makers, from homeowners to builders and architects, choose E:zero spray foam insulation, the home is outfitted with an inherent air seal that provides these great benefits:

• It is less dependent on motivated labor to create that essential air seal
• It is much more likely to perform as intended for decades to come (in fact, E:zero spray foams are guaranteed to not shrink, settle or sag for life)
• It makes it much easier for air conditioning to reach the all-important lower humidity levels.

The result: the home owner enjoys his home, while the builder and architect avoid costly and reputation-damaging lawsuits related to mold.

Installing E:zero is not a guarantee that there will never be mold, but it greatly enhances your chance of avoiding it by making it much easier to control interior relative humidity.