Spray Foam Insulation in Sebago, ME
In Sebago the useful question is usually not how much insulation a building has, but whether it was ever built to hold any.
Sebago is a small town and we are close to it, which means we get called for jobs that a contractor coming up from the coast would not think worth the trip. Some of that is a single room over a porch that has never been warm. Some of it is a whole house. We are happy with either. What we see most is a building somewhere on the journey from camp to house, where somebody has already put money into a kitchen or a bathroom and is now finding out that the shell underneath it was never part of the plan.
The houses we meet in Sebago
The stock here is mixed in a way that a drive down any of the lake roads makes obvious. Genuine old camps sit next to houses built in the last twenty years, and between them are the ones that have been added to piecemeal over decades. Those are the interesting ones. Each addition met the standard of its own decade, so a single house can have three different wall assemblies in it, and the joints between them are where the heat goes. Away from the water there are farmhouses and a lot of outbuildings.
Getting to Sebago. It is a short run from Denmark, which is why we can take on the smaller jobs here without loading a drive onto the price. If you are on one of the camp roads it is worth saying so when you call, because how far in you are and how it is maintained decides what we can do in winter.
Working in Sebago
The most common mistake we are called in to correct is insulation that was added without anything being done about air. Batts pushed into a camp wall, or blown-in poured into a ceiling that still has an open path to the outside, will make a small difference for a couple of seasons and then hold moisture. Foam works because it is the insulation and the air barrier in the same pass, adhered to the framing. On a building that started life as a camp, that combination is usually the whole fix.
What a job costs depends on the space and the depth it needs, and we would rather show you the arithmetic than quote a number down the phone. Here is how we price it.
The Jobs That Come Up Most in Sebago
Crawl Spaces & Basements
Cold floors over an unheated crawl space, and the damp that comes with them. Closed-cell underneath fixes both at once.
Closed-Cell vs Open-Cell
Which one your job actually wants, and why. Closed-cell for moisture and strength, open-cell for coverage and value.
Ice Dam Prevention
Ice dams are a heat problem, not a gutter problem. Seal the ceiling and the roof stays cold enough that the dam has nothing to form from.
Where Sebago sits on our map
Sebago is in Cumberland County, and we are out this way regularly. We also work in Windham, Standish, Bridgton and Cornish. Not on the list? Call anyway - we travel for the right job.
Sebago Questions We Get Asked
Will you come out for a small job in Sebago?
Yes. What makes a small job uneconomic is the drive, and Sebago is fifteen minutes from the shop. One cold room over a porch, an attic hatch that has never sealed or a crawl space under half the house are all worth a conversation rather than saving up for.
Somebody already put batts in our Sebago camp. Do they have to come out?
Usually. Batts pushed into a Sebago camp wall with nothing done about air movement make a small difference for a season or two and then hold moisture. Foam works because it is the insulation and the air barrier in one pass, and it needs the cavity to itself.
Our Sebago place has been added to three times. Does that matter?
It is the most useful thing you could tell us. Each addition on a Sebago house met the standard of its own decade, so one building can hold three different wall assemblies, and the joints between them are almost always where the heat is going.
Get a Real Number for Your Sebago Job
(207) 452-2930Call and talk to us. If you would rather write it down, use the form and we will call you back. Mon-Fri 7am-5pm.