Drayton Valley grew up around the Pembina oilfield, discovered in 1953 and still one of the reasons the town exists, and its commercial base is still oilfield-service shops, equipment yards and warehouses first. Those buildings run compressors, welders and vehicle bays through a long west-central Alberta winter. Commercial spray foam insulation in Drayton Valley is mostly service-sector shop work, and those buildings are steel.
The service-shop problem
An oilfield-service shop pushes warm, moist air against a cold steel wall and roof for months, so condensation and rust build up unless the envelope is sealed properly. Closed-cell spray foam insulates and air-seals in a single application.
What We Cover: Commercial Spray Foam Insulation Drayton Valley
- Oilfield-service shops, equipment yards and warehouses.
- Pole barns and machine shops on the surrounding acreages.
- Metal and steel buildings with a condensation problem.
Commercial Spray Foam Insulation Drayton Valley: Specified And Compliant
CAN/ULC-S705 standards, a manufacturer data sheet for thickness, and the code-required thermal barrier - available for the GC or an operator's vendor-prequal file.
Closed cell, and why it is not negotiable
Medium-density 2 lb closed cell adheres to steel and concrete, holds its rated R long term, and keeps vapour off the cold cladding face. Half pound open cell belongs to interior partitions and acoustic work - not the envelope of a Drayton Valley building in a climate that swings this hard.
Commercial Spray Foam Insulation Drayton Valley: What You Hand A Building Official
Product and CAN/ULC-S705 listing. Applied thickness and the R-value that produces. Coverage area. The code-required thermal barrier and how it is met. Who is performing the work, since credentials sit with the independent businesses doing it rather than with us. On a Drayton Valley commercial job that package is the deliverable as much as the foam is.
The building was built for something else
Drayton Valley's commercial stock was largely put up to serve the oil and gas activity around it, and buildings here change hands and change purpose faster than they get re-engineered. A shell built for cold storage of pipe ends up as a fabrication shop with a heater in it; a building sized for equipment parking grows an office in the corner. The envelope was never revised to match the new use, and that mismatch, rather than any fault in how it was built, is usually what brings someone to look at it. Establishing what the building is used for now is the first part of the scope. It is also worth asking what it is likely to be used for next, because a shell that has changed purpose twice will probably change again, and an envelope specified for the harder of the two uses does not need revisiting when it does.
Commercial Spray Foam Insulation Drayton Valley: Common Questions
Can we phase it over two budget years? Yes, and roof deck first is usually the right order.
Will it change our insurance position? Talk to your broker - what we can give you is the product listing and the crew's credentials in writing.
How soon can the space be used? Product-specific. Ask us for the manufacturer's re-occupancy time for your job rather than a general figure.
Request a Drayton Valley commercial quote. See oilfield spray foam and pole barn spray foam.