Healthy Indoors 43
Long-time IAQ industry consultant John Lapotaire
provides a detailed look at the Good, the Bad, and
the Ugly aspects of SPF in the first of his four-part
series for Healthy Indoors Magazine
evolves from a regrettable spray polyurethane
foam insulation experience, a botched job, mis-
application, or unfortunate exposure to the SPF
chemicals. If your opinion of SPF is based on
any of these issues then your opinion is based
on a vivid and tangible perspective based on a
very personal experience. That will drive pas-
sion.
The goal of this series is for you to learn how
to ensure that your home has SPF installed
properly and what you need to ensure your ap-
plicator knows his stuff. While the products are
all very similar it's the applicator and his or her
training and experience that truly matters. Fol-
lowing at a very close second is your home and
the impact of the sealed attic on your existing
home.
In the next few editions we are going to discuss
the unadvertised side of SPF. Let's face it – the
industry has a great marketing department and
the product works great when properly applied.
So we'll be discussing the issues with misap-