Insulation Almost In!

Jeremy's negotiating skills almost got us over the top...

We have been trying to get an insulation company in for two weeks to blow in this new soy-based spray. They only have one truck that they can use for this product and it has been in the shop. Yesterday, they were finally supposed to come and blew us off again, with the owner telling Jeremy that if they were not here first thing in the morning today that they would do the job for free.

7:30 a.m. this morning, not here.

8:00 not here.

9:00 not here.

They made it at 10:00, but Jeremy was not able to get them to make good...oh well. Once they fired up the truck I wondered what the heck they had been doing in the shop. It belched a cloud of thick black smoke that looked so toxic that Jeremy noted whatever green benefits were derived from the soy were clearly undone by the deathly vapors emitted by the truck. In the end, I think the generator was just burning some oil. And there are still plenty of benefits---minimal petroleum used in the insulation, use of a burgeoning renewable resource, and an insanely high R-value for a 3" coat.

It looks like Darth Vader applying the stuff as the sprayer is cloaked in a full white Tyvek suit with breathing apparatus. We stood in the room watching for a while, so hopefully I do not have some mutant soy bacterium multiplying in my lungs as I type. But it was amazing to watch the green goo spray on and then quickly whiten and puff up. In the end, it looks a lot like "Great Stuff" foam applied in a few coats. Two hours after starting, they are still spraying, but here is some video---the guy on the right is spraying, they guy on the left is scraping off the excess.