Closed-Cell Spray Foam in Hyde Park
Closed-cell foam delivers R-7 per inch (vs. R-3.5 for fiberglass), is a vapor barrier above 2", adds structural rigidity to walls, and resists water, making it ideal for crawl spaces, rim joists, and any below-grade application. Every install here uses Demilec, Icynene, or BASF products. Hyde Park sits within our service area for Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, with same-week scheduling typical for routine jobs.
Typical pricing in Hyde Park
$1.50-$2.50 per board foot
Pricing varies by job specifics. Free phone or on-site quotes; fixed pricing once the technician has assessed the job.
Closed-Cell Spray Foam for Hyde Park's pre-war Tudor, Colonial, and American Foursquare housing housing
In Hyde Park, Closed-Cell Spray Foam is the right product whenever the surface sits below grade, touches masonry, or needs both R-value and vapor-barrier performance from a single material. The install is high-density (1.75-2.0 lb) closed-cell foam at R-7 per inch with vapor-barrier properties above 2 inches, applied to vapor-critical surfaces: rim joists, crawl-space walls, below-grade walls, and roof decks in conditioned-attic designs.
Hyde Park's owner-occupied stock skews heavily 1910-1940 with lath-and-plaster walls, full basements with stone or early-concrete foundations, and steep-pitched attics with rafter cavities open to the roof deck. Wall cavities are frequently empty or hold settled fiberglass batts from a 1970s-80s retrofit. That housing profile shapes our typical scope for closed-cell spray foam in Hyde Park. We spec closed-cell at the specific vapor-critical surface identified during the assessment, whether that is the rim joist, crawl walls, basement walls, or roof deck in a conditioned-attic design.
Closed-cell foam projects in Hamilton County most often target below-grade and vapor-critical surfaces: basement walls in the urban core's older homes, crawl walls on the Ohio River bluff where groundwater is high, and rim joists across the county's pre-1995 housing stock. The Climate Zone 4A wall target of R-13 to R-21 applies wherever the surface sits below grade or touches masonry.
Closed-cell foam meeting IBC and IRC ignition-barrier requirements typically holds an ICC-ES evaluation report; the closeout package should identify the specific ESR number for the product line installed. Permitting in Hyde Park routes through Hamilton County Building Department (or the local municipality where applicable), and Climate Zone 4A R-value targets apply across the entire Cincinnati metro including both sides of the river.
- County
- Hamilton, OH
- Predominant era
- Pre-1950 (plaster walls, stone foundations)
- Climate zone
- IECC 4A (moist mixed-humid)
- Service category
- Closed-cell (R-7/inch, vapor-barrier)