Spray Foam Insulation in Laguna Beach, FL

Spray Foam Insulation in Laguna Beach serves a quiet stretch of beach homes west of Panama City Beach. Laguna Beach is a census-designated place named for the many coastal dune lakes that are unique to this part of Northwest Florida, according to Wikipedia. It had 4,330 residents in the 2020 census, up from 3,932 in 2010, and 5,219 housing units, 59.4% of them vacant. The rental vacancy rate was 29.6%, a sign of how many homes here are short-term rentals or second homes.

Raised homes, open undersides

Many homes near the beach here sit on pilings or raised foundations. Their floors are exposed to salt air and humidity from below. Batts stapled or wired under the floor sag, rust their supports and fall out within a few years. Closed-cell spray foam on the underside of the subfloor stops air, holds up to moisture and has no hardware to corrode. The Department of Energy's Energy Saver table lists R-13 for an uninsulated floor in Zone 2, which two to three inches of closed-cell reaches.

Rentals and the calendar

With most homes here being part-time, we plan work around bookings. Spray foam needs the house empty for at least 24 hours, as HomeGuide advises, so a sealed attic or a floor job goes into a gap in the calendar. Blown-in attic work does not need a cure time and can fit into a short turnover.

Attic choices

Newer homes with complex roofs and ducts in the attic benefit from open-cell foam on the roof deck, which brings the air handler inside the insulated space and quiets rain and wind noise. Older cottages with simple attics usually do better with a sealed ceiling and deep blown-in. Bay County is in Climate Zone 2A, where Florida's 2023 energy code lists R-38 for ceilings.

Salt and moisture

We look for corrosion on fasteners and straps, damp framing and leaks at the roof before covering anything with insulation. Near the Gulf, a small leak left under insulation does damage quickly.

Older cottages near the lakes

Alongside newer raised homes, the area has older, smaller cottages, some on low piers and some on slabs. These tend to have simple gable roofs, small attics and very little insulation. They are often the easiest homes to improve: seal the ceiling, add baffles at the eaves, and blow cellulose or fiberglass to depth. If the floor sits over a shallow, damp crawl space, closed-cell foam underneath finishes the job.

If the cottage is being expanded or rebuilt, the time to plan insulation is before the walls close up. We can quote from plans.

What owners tell us

The most common complaints from Laguna Beach owners are upstairs bedrooms that will not cool down, musty smells after the house has been closed up, and floors that feel clammy. Each traces back to air leaks in the attic or the floor, and each gets its own line on the quote.

Call (850) 788-8628 or send the form to set up a visit in Laguna Beach.