INSULATION PREPPIFICATION

Because the rain dashed my plans to put in concrete piers for Container #2, and because the FROTH-PAK Low GWP 650 Spray Gun Indoor/Outdoor Spray Foam Insulation kit had to be ordered and wouldn’t arrive at Lowe’s until later today (Thursday), I’ve had little to do this week beyond prepping for the insulation job.

I must have watched a hundred YouTube videos showing the ins and outs of spray foam, and I feel as confident as I can be about what to do once I’ve suited up with PPE and connected the hoses to the chemical tanks. A universal piece of advice from the YouTubers has been to prep, prep, prep: Cover electrical outlets (including any openings where wires enter them) and windows, and drape plastic over everything. So that’s what I did.

Another suggestion I followed was to apply gap-filler insulation behind the electrical boxes ahead of time. This would allow me to focus on the larger cavities and not have to worry about spraying into every nook and cranny once the bigger job commenced. This step made all the more sense given the atypical framing arrangement. You might recall that our 2×4 studs are oriented flat against the outer walls rather than perpendicular to them.

With at times only a half-inch of room behind the receptacles, shooting foam behind them made sense and I’m glad I did it.

Many people cover their floors before spraying insulation, especially when applying it to ceilings, but we didn’t. All that’s there for now is bare OSB, so it shouldn’t be a problem to scrape up any foam-detritus that ends up there.

In fact there was another task I completed this week, now that I think about it.

When I said in a previous post that framing for the first container was complete, that wasn’t quite the truth. The walls were built, but there would need to be blocking added in corners and at the ceiling to be able to attach drywall when the time comes. This was pretty easy to do, and although it looks cluttered in some places it will make the drywall process simpler. 

Now if my Froth-Pak would just get here…