Spray Foam Insulation in Sunny Hills, FL

Spray Foam Insulation in Sunny Hills serves an unusual place. Sunny Hills is an unincorporated community in Washington County, roughly halfway between Chipley and Panama City along State Road 77, according to Wikipedia. Development began in the late 1960s as a planned city meant for about 60,000 residents. Roads were built across roughly 25,000 acres, but the city never filled in: the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, as cited by Wikipedia, counts just 619 homes spread over 220 miles of streets.

What the homes look like

With houses scattered on wooded lots, Sunny Hills has a mix of site-built homes from different decades and manufactured homes, many with detached garages, carports and shops. Shade from the trees helps in summer, but humidity is high and older homes often have thin attic insulation and leaky ducts. Sealing the ceiling and blowing cellulose or fiberglass to depth is the usual first step. Washington County is in ASHRAE Climate Zone 2A, where Florida's 2023 energy code lists R-38 for ceilings, and the Department of Energy recommends R-49 to R-60 for an uninsulated Zone 2 attic.

Floors and termites

Homes on piers or crawl spaces lose comfort through the floor. Closed-cell foam under the subfloor seals out humid air. Wooded lots also mean termites, and Florida's residential code requires at least six inches between foam and exposed soil in very heavy termite areas, so we keep foam on the framing and leave the soil line clear for inspection.

Shops and garages

Detached steel garages and shops drip and bake. Closed-cell foam on the inside of the panels fixes both. For a shop you plan to cool, we put more on the roof.

Distance

Sunny Hills is a drive from Panama City, so we group visits when we can. Photos of the attic or building help us plan.

Golf course homes and newer builds

Sunny Hills includes a golf and country club, and the homes around it include site-built houses with attached garages. Newer homes are built to Florida's current energy code, which requires a blower door test of no more than seven air changes per hour at 50 pascals in Climate Zones 1 and 2. If your home was built more recently and still runs hot, the problem is usually ducts, bonus rooms or recessed lights rather than missing insulation.

For older homes, a few inches of settled insulation is common. A sealed ceiling and a deep blown-in layer is often the most cost-effective first step.

Wooded lots and roof debris

Tall trees mean leaves and pine needles collect on roofs and in gutters, which can lead to leaks at valleys and around chimneys. Before we insulate, we look for stains on the roof deck and wet spots in the attic, since covering a leak with new insulation hides it. We also check that soffit vents are not blocked by debris or old insulation, then install baffles so the new layer keeps them clear.

Call (850) 788-8628 or use the form to set up a visit in Sunny Hills.