{"id":18566,"date":"2013-11-13T09:53:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T09:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedpoints.com\/?guid=2793316b2cd3bd76cb84171aca1dbad2"},"modified":"2013-11-13T09:53:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T09:53:20","slug":"spray-foam-insulation-is-not-a-cure-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/spray-foam-insulation-is-not-a-cure-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Spray Foam Insulation Is Not a Cure-All"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Subtitle:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    Poor installation can negate the benefits of this popular insulation        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Images:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/spray-foam-insulation-not-cure-all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/spray-foam-insulation-not-cure-all-attic-energy-vanguard.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Spray foam insulation is not a cure-all\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/spray-foam-insulation-not-cure-all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/spray-foam-insulation-attic-air-leakage-moisture-problem-energy-vanguard.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Leaky spray foam attic\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/spray-foam-insulation-not-cure-all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/spray-foam-insulation-unnecessary-energy-vanguard.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Unnecessary spray foam on a kneewall\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/spray-foam-insulation-not-cure-all\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/spray-foam-insulation-contraction-energy-vanguard.JPG\" alt=\"\" title=\"Spray foam insulation contraction\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Spray foam insulation is a great product. Homes insulated with it can be some of the most efficient and comfortable homes built. I&#8217;ve been in plenty of homes insulated with spray foam and can tell you that, when done well, those homes are airtight and comfortable. I&rsquo;ve also seen homes where the spray foam was a waste of money.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5832,4699,5833,3434,5834,5836],"class_list":["post-18566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","tag-air-barrier","tag-building-enclosure","tag-closed-cell","tag-insulation","tag-open-cell","tag-spray-foam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}