I walked upstairs 2 story home with him no smell.
Attic spray foam smell.
Sealed his attic with spray foam.
I believe the smell is either the foam itself or something with the spraying agents because after spraying the smell was strong in the attic and in the house and a few days later they had a small area on a gable end they had to respray and i noticed the smell was very strong right after respraying when they asked me to check it.
Perhaps you can paint them to minimize odors perhaps you may have to remove the entire frame of your house.
As i entered his home i could not smell our foam.
After talking to one of the owners for a while we took a look.
When you cut through that paint layer you made it possible for some smell to get out of the foam.
A fire retardant paint was then applied over the spray foam.
The pros and cons of spray foam insulation can include the following.
The paint odor was very bad at first the owner was told the smell would subside but it hasn t in 2 years is especially strong in summer.
They completely dropped the ball when it came to ventilation measures during application.
Turn your oms fan on.
We climbed into his sealed attic stillno smell.
We opened the pull down attic stair no smell.
The homeowners complained of a slight odor in the house on hot days in the summer.
The other possibility is that the spray foam didn t cure properly deeper into the foam layer and you cut into that.
He couldn t smell the foam either.
Finding out why your spray foam smells will not make it stop smelling.
But either way the odors are absorbed by the surrounding materials which are studs roof joists sheathing panels etc.
When the oms fan is running it s designed to vacuum odors and lingering humidity from your attic expelling it into the atmosphere.
While open cell foam smells like paint closed cell foam has a rotten fish smell to it.
Here s how you should proceed if you re experiencing an unpleasant odor in your home after having spray foam applied to your attic.
Full removal of the spray foam is rare.
They had remodeled their home five years earlier added a second floor and had the attic encapsulated with open cell spray foam insulation.
Sometimes the spray foam manufacturer can test your foam to determine why it s causing a smell.
This step is optional but you may want to pursue it anyway.
Spraying to fast or too thin can affect the setting of the spray foam.
When applying any paints to spray foam you really need to wait for a full cure of the spray foam first.
You ll be stuck with the same problem.
As layers are applied the underlayer remains soft emitting odors.
With these benefits of spray foam there are also cons that can be created in the environment as well.
Call the spray foam manufacturer.
On a hot humid summer afternoon if by chance you get a whiff of spray foam smell while walking down the upstairs hall it s easy to manage.
As i questioned him he said bob i get a whiff of it.
Problem areas identified by softness will be removed and replaced.
