Spray Foam Insulation in Canton, NC

Spray Foam Insulation in Canton works with houses built for a mill. Canton sits about 17 miles west of Asheville in Haywood County, at about 2,631 feet. When the Champion Fibre Company mill opened in 1908, it had about 1,000 employees, and neighborhoods such as Fibreville, with 60 homes for workers, went up around it. Many of Canton's houses date from the decades that followed.

Mill houses today

Mill-era homes are modest, wood-framed houses with crawl spaces and simple attics. They respond well to a short list: seal and insulate the crawl space or floor, foam the rim joist, seal the attic floor and blow in loose fill. Walls can be dense-packed later if needed.

Floods on the Pigeon River

On August 17, 2021, Tropical Storm Fred flooded the town near the Pigeon River, and some buildings near the river were still unusable months later. Homes near the river should have their crawl spaces checked for lingering moisture, old wet insulation and damaged framing before new insulation goes in.

Higher and cooler

At over 2,600 feet, Canton runs cooler than Asheville. That raises the value of air sealing and attic depth for winter comfort.

Hillside streets above the river

Not every Canton home is near the water. Houses on the hills above downtown sit on steeper lots with partial basements and taller crawl spaces. Those spaces get closed-cell foam on the walls and rim joist, and the attic gets sealed and topped up. Because the town sits over 2,600 feet up, attic depth closer to the ENERGY STAR target of R-60 for an uninsulated attic makes a noticeable difference in winter.

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