Spray Foam Insulation in Ferry Pass, FL

Spray Foam Insulation in Ferry Pass covers a large, settled community north of Pensacola. Ferry Pass counted 29,921 residents and 14,684 housing units in the 2020 census, and it has been a major part of the metro area for decades, with 16,910 people already here in 1980 and 26,301 by 1990. It is bounded by Greenbriar Boulevard to the north, Ensley to the west, the city of Pensacola to the south and Escambia Bay to the east. The University of West Florida, the only university in the Pensacola metro area, sits in its northern part.

Rentals near campus

With a university in the community, a lot of Ferry Pass houses are rentals. The 2020 census showed a rental vacancy rate of 11.0 percent and 10.0 percent of all housing units vacant. Rental houses often have the original attic insulation and older ductwork. Sealing the ceiling and blowing in to depth is a cost-effective upgrade between tenants, and it cuts the calls about hot bedrooms in August.

Older family homes

Much of Ferry Pass was built out between the 1970s and 1990s. Homes from that era usually have the air handler and ducts in the attic, a layer of fill that has settled, and plenty of gaps where wires, pipes and fixtures pass through the ceiling. Escambia County sits in Climate Zone 2A on OpenEI's IECC list, and the 2023 Florida code's prescriptive ceiling value is R-38, so many of these attics have room to improve. Where the ductwork is extensive or sweating, foam on the roofline is worth pricing.

Near the water

About a third of Ferry Pass's area is water, with Escambia Bay along its eastern edge. Homes near the bay see higher humidity and more storm exposure. If the attic insulation got wet during a storm, or the house has a crawl space with damp framing, those get addressed before new insulation goes in.

Bayfront and creekside homes

Homes close to Escambia Bay sit in some of the most humid air in the county, and their attics and crawl spaces show it: rusty nails, damp batts and musty smells. In those houses we pay extra attention to moisture before insulating. We check for roof leaks, sweating ductwork and damp framing, and in raised houses we look at the crawl space ground cover and vents. Closed-cell foam is often the right choice near the water because it does not absorb water and slows vapor. In a dry attic, though, cellulose or fiberglass over a sealed ceiling still works well and costs less. We explain which fits each part of your house.

Remodels

When an older house is opened up for a kitchen or bath remodel or an addition, spraying foam into the open walls seals the gaps around windows and outlets as well as insulating. It is far easier than trying to fill closed walls later.

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