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Why You Should Use Professional Spray Foam Insulation For Structural Insulated Panels

By Larry Snyder


Mobile homes as in caravans are becoming ever more popular as people realise they can work from home and see their country at the same time. This has made many young people rethink the traditional way of life their parents knew, as leaving home has become easier than buying or renting a flat or house if they can buy a caravan at a good price and refurbish the inside using structural insulated panels for caravans.

Taking on such a big project such as this can be a challenge but is not impossible for the handy-man who knows what he is doing, and he does not have to do it alone. There are numerous caravaners around the world doing the same thing, but each has his own idea of what his finished camper will look like. There is a whole community of caravan restorers, with bulletin boards, websites, blogs and forums just for those who restore the older caravans to their former or better condition.

Some of the problems associated with older caravans are no air conditioning or heat retention Cold will come up through the floor, sides, and through the roof as it is a steel outer shell which can be freezing in cooler climates, or stiflingly hot in warmer climates, which would spoil your holiday completely if there is inadequate or non-existent insulation fitted to the shell.

Caravans are ideal for many uses, mobile shops, libraries, dental and medical units, travelling food shops, hair-dressers, nail salons and doggie grooming parlours. All of these units going to where the people are which makes sense if a village or small town does not have these services to provide for its present population.

Caravans that have adequate ventilation and insulation which deals with water vapour retention retains heat and cools down the camper in hot climates do not have rust problems to deal with as those without this ventilation and insulation. Rust can eat through the shell of your caravan and make it unusable as it gets into all the places you would never think of.

For warmth, and water vapour retention professional spray foam insulation for caravans is long lasting and keeps warmth in and cools the caravan down in hot climates. This comes in cans and a spray nozzle, with the gas head of the canister mixing the foam which is sprayed in two streams into the cavity and expands once cured.

Heat rises, such as heat and steam from cooking. If this has nowhere to go, it will affect all the inner surfaces of your caravan. The water vapour accumulated will corrode the window and door seals, the metal framework of the walls, the floor area, and just under the roof area where it accumulates and eventually turns to rust.

Spraying can be a messy job, so prepare well by covering all surfaces not to be sprayed with masking tape and cardboard or newspaper. A small gap should be left between the top of the foam and the roof of the caravan.




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