Spray Foam Insulation in Standish, ME
Standish holds a long stretch of the Sebago shore, and shorefront building throws up problems inland houses never see.
Standish runs from farmland in the east down to the water, and the closer a house sits to the lake the more likely it is that the ground decided how it was built. We work along here regularly. The jobs divide fairly cleanly between year-round houses set back from the water, which behave like any other house of their age, and everything on the shore, where the foundation is usually the first thing we want to look at and often the last thing anybody has thought about.
The houses we meet in Standish
Shorefront lots in this part of Maine tend to be ledge, and ledge means a builder did whatever the rock allowed. Instead of a full basement you get a crawl space, sometimes with a dirt floor, sometimes only two feet high, occasionally with the ledge itself forming part of it. Above that sits a floor that has nothing under it but a vent to the outside air. Cold floors in a shorefront house are almost never a flooring problem, and no amount of rug fixes them. Further back from the water there are capes and ranches with more conventional foundations and more conventional problems.
Getting to Standish. We come across through Sebago and Steep Falls, which keeps us off the busier roads. Shorefront driveways can be steep and narrow, so it is worth telling us what the access is like when you call rather than having us discover it with a rig behind us.
Working in Standish
On a crawl space the sequence matters more than the product. The ground gets covered first, because spraying closed-cell over an open dirt floor traps moisture where you cannot see it and creates a worse problem than the one you started with. Then the walls of the crawl space and the band joist, which brings the space inside the heated envelope instead of leaving it as a cold cavity underneath your living room. The floor above usually needs nothing at all once that is done.
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 Standish
Crawl Spaces & Basements
Cold floors over an unheated crawl space, and the damp that comes with them. Closed-cell underneath fixes both at once.
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.
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.
Where Standish sits on our map
Standish is in Cumberland County, and we are out this way regularly. We also work in Gorham, Windham, Sebago and Cornish. Not on the list? Call anyway - we travel for the right job.
Standish Questions We Get Asked
Why are the floors so cold in our Standish shorefront house?
Almost always what is underneath rather than the flooring itself. Shorefront lots in Standish tend to be ledge, so instead of a full basement you get a shallow crawl space vented to outside air, and the floor above it has nothing but that cold cavity under it.
Our Standish crawl space has a dirt floor. Can you still spray it?
Yes, but the ground gets covered first. Spraying closed-cell over an open dirt floor in a Standish crawl space traps moisture where you cannot see it and creates a worse problem than the one you started with. The order matters more than the product.
Can you get a rig down a steep Standish driveway?
Usually, but tell us what the access is like when you call rather than having us find out with a trailer behind us. Shorefront driveways in Standish can be narrow and steep, and knowing in advance is the difference between a smooth day and a wasted one.
Get a Real Number for Your Standish 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.