Spray Foam Insulation in Ashland, OH

Spray foam insulation in Ashland usually starts with an older house. Point2Homes, using ACS data, counts 28.7% of Ashland's homes as built in 1939 or earlier, 17.2% in the 1950s and 15.4% in the 1970s. The city, originally called Uniontown, took the name Ashland in 1822 after Henry Clay's Kentucky estate. It is the seat of Ashland County, about 15 miles northeast of Mansfield.

Owners and renters

Wikipedia's 2020 census figures show 8,939 housing units, with 60.1% of occupied homes owner-occupied and 39.9% rented. College rentals and older two-stories near downtown are common calls, along with ranches on the edges of town.

What older Ashland homes need

Pre-war homes here typically have balloon-framed or platform-framed walls with no insulation, an attic with a few inches of old fill and an open stairway or chase connecting the basement to the attic. Sealing those chases and the attic floor changes how the house feels more than anything else.

Same climate zone

Ashland County is in Ohio's Climate Zone 5A along with Richland, so the same R-49 ceiling and R-30 floor targets apply.

College-town rentals

With close to 40% of occupied homes rented, many older houses near campus have been divided into apartments. These often have shared attics, open chases between units and basements with several utility penetrations. We seal those paths first, which also cuts down on noise and odors traveling between units, and then add insulation.