Our Work
Our greatest impact that we can achieve your home is spray foaming the basement. We will dramatically change the performance, comfort and efficiency of how your home operates. As we often say, "Spray today and save for ever!"
Biggest Impact YOU can have on the comfort and energy efficiency of your home!
Cold basements drive "stack pressure" pushing your heat from one floor to the next! That's costing you money! Air leakage just around the rim pockets of the main floor in the basement attribute to as much as 7-9% of your heating bill. By thermally sealing the foundation walls from floor to floor you now create a very neutral, comfortable, dry and healthy basement. Eliminate cold walls, dampness, mold, mice and other issues typically found in Manitoba basements.
Comfortable basements designed for bedrooms, office, rec room, theatre rooms and workshop!
Basement walls done to Code!
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100% Air Barrier
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100% Moisture Barrier
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100% Vapour Barrier
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Massive Thermal Barrier
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Mold Resistant
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Insect and Mouse prevention
We use a Canadian manufacture Grizzly Gold Product that's nationally approved under the CCMC 14133L. Our product reaches R-6 per inch at 3" and is a structural vapour barrier at just 2". Typically we install 3.5" on foundation walls to satisfy the building code. Crawl space pony walls and cantilevers are likewise sprayed in the same manner.
War Time Shelf Basements
During WWII and the depression years that followed, many smaller homes were built at this time with a shelf basement to keep costs of construction in check. These houses were built on an outer pony wall with an open earth shelf that backed into a smaller centralized concrete box basement to install the furnace and other mechanical equipment. Depending on the situation, this pony wall can either be stud framed to finish or DC315 Intumescent Coating can be apply to satisfy the building code.
Unfinished Basement Upgrade
Needs to be COATED!
Not every basement needs to be completely finished but must be fireproofed to comply with the building code and insurance standards. We are able to apply a specialized intumescent coating (Gray in Colour) to satisfy a fire rating. DC315 and approved bonding primer must be installed by a licensed certified contractor.
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Intumescent coatings works by reacting to very high temperatures. At 700 degrees the DC315 paint rapidly expands into a thick ash barrier separating the fire from reaching the foam and structure. DC315 is an approved intumescent coating to meet 15-minute alternative Thermal Barrier and Ignition Barrier protection over Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF). DC315 meets IBC/IRC codes in the USA, Canadian NBCC and many international Building Code Requirements.