Spray foam insulation promised energy efficiency and comfort, but for many homeowners, it’s become a surprising dealbreaker.

If you want your home to hold more heat or reduce your energy bills, spray foam insulation is often touted as an alternative ...

Winter is coming, and with it comes the dreaded threat of frozen pipes. Frozen pipes can lead to burst pipes, water damage, ...

Spray foam insulation shouldn’t be used in homes built with traditional materials that need to exchange air moisture naturally. For that reason, it’s often not recommended for use in ...

Foam insulation is a relatively modern and improved substitute for rolls of traditional insulating products like fiberglass insulation. The U.S. military began using polyurethane-based spray foam ...

Improving insulation could trim your utility bills by up to 20 percent, according to the Energy Department. But you have to ...

Homeowners are struggling to sell or remortgage as some major lenders are rejecting properties with spray foam insulation, the BBC has found. A quarter of the UK's biggest mortgage providers will not ...

Spray foam insulation is applied with a spray gun and expands to fill a given area, setting to form an insulation layer [Getty Images] Homeowners are struggling to sell or remortgage as some major ...

There are much cheaper alternatives too, such as the more traditional roll insulation, available for a few hundred pounds from most DIY stores. As for Sandra she's just happy her spray foam is ...

Spray foam insulation, which is also called spray foam or spray polyurethane foam (SPF), is an alternative to traditional building insulation. But, it does come with a number of drawbacks, including ...