Peace River homes carry a double challenge: age and cold. With about 73% of the housing built before 1991 and a long far-north winter, the town's older stock leaks heat in all the usual places - and pays for it every day of a heating season that runs deep and long.
Where Peace River homes lose heat
- Basements - closed-cell against deep frost, plus the condensation control an old below-grade wall needs.
- Rim joists - the leakiest band, universal in the pre-1991 stock.
- Attics and additions - decades of settled or missing insulation over a river-valley town.
Why the air-seal is decisive in the north
Sustained deep cold means air leakage runs continuously - there's no mild spell to ease the load. Batt with a good R-number still bleeds through its gaps; spray foam's air-seal is what actually stops the draft in an older Peace River home.
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