When is it going to warm up?
As a keen gardener I have been waiting for the weather to warm up a bit so that I can get on and start the garden for summer 2006. Well, okay, the weather is still freezing for this time of year, cold, wet, windy and miserable. A perfect recipe for staying in doors or taking a holiday to a warm climate. Global warming?!
The weather has certainly been responsible for the record number of enquiries we have received in the last week. Poor insulation and badly leaking roofs all prompting a flood (to coin a phrase!) of enquiries. A trip down to Bristol revealed a young lady with a large house with the central heating turned up full tilt but with the house still freezing cold, it was warmer in my car! Alas, the roof was unsuitable to spray foam so we declined to quote and I resisted her protestation that another “respected and national” company had quoted her for foam roof insulation. I explained why the roof was unsuitable (tiles known to cause leaks by capillary action and recommended she invest in either a new roof and roof insulation or forget the idea. The roof had roofing felt but this was sagging all over the place and ripped. The roofing felt was needed with this type of tile as a final barrier. Polyurethane roof grade foam is unsuitable as a final water barrier as it its slightly open cell structure will eventually let water pass through. This type of foam is water resistant and not water proof and what this young lady needed was a water proof barrier if this roof was not to leak into the loft area.
Anyway, I left the idea with her that the roof was unsuitable to spray foam as is. Time will tell if she takes my advice or goes with the “respected and national” company. I will report progress as an interesting “our advice us against the competitions” situation where I know the advice we gave is 100% correct and let readers know what the customer has decided to do.