Insulating CMU Block Walls with Injection Foam

Thursday, March 17th, 2016 by John LeVan

Challenge

Contractor building a structure with concrete block wanted to insulate the wall, but did not want to use Vermiculite in the cores as it is messy and expensive.

Solution

Working within their tight time table we bored one hole in each core and injected the 10 foot high wall with Applegate Injection Foam. Quick, not messy and an awesome insulator.

Project Summary

consultant: John LeVan

Installer: Marvin Galdemez

Front elevation of building

Oscar and Ulyses injecting foam

A row of cores that are foam filled

Foam injected until it comes out the top of each core column

Foam can be seen in the window cut out

Injecting the cores above a window lintel

About the author

John LeVan

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John LeVan is a Mechanical Engineer trained at Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science. John also has an advance degree in Operations Management from Cornell University.

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Insulating CMU Block Walls with Injection Foam

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