Spray Foam Insulation in Bartow, FL

Spray Foam Insulation in Bartow works in the Polk County seat, founded in 1851 as Fort Blount and incorporated as a city in 1882. Bartow calls itself the City of Oaks and Azaleas, and three of its districts are on the National Register of Historic Places, along with the 1909 Old Polk County Courthouse. In the early 1900s, the phosphate industry bought thousands of acres around the city, and Bartow became the hub of the largest phosphate industry in the United States.

Slow growth, older homes

While other Polk cities annexed land aggressively, Bartow took a more cautious approach, and the land around it was largely owned by phosphate companies. The result is a city with a high share of older homes. Those houses often have shallow attics with thin insulation, wood floors and frame walls with little or nothing inside.

What we usually recommend

The first step is sealing the attic floor and blowing in insulation to at least R-38, Florida's code figure for ceilings. In frame walls, dense-pack cellulose through small holes adds insulation without disturbing old plaster or siding. Foam is reserved for spots that need sealing and high R-value in tight space.

Shade and attics

Mature oaks keep many Bartow roofs shaded, which helps in summer but can mean squirrels and other animals in the attic. We check for pest damage before insulating.

Code targets

Polk County is in climate zone 2A. For an existing attic with 3 to 4 inches, the Department of Energy suggests adding R-38 to R-49.

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