Spray Tight Foam Insulators, a respected regional spray foam contractor, was in the process of installing spray polyurethane foam insulation throughout the interiors of a commercial facility in River Rouge, Mich. After applying 80,000 square feet of two-inch spray foam insulation with a DC 315 thermal barrier to the facility, the owner and occupier, who had been contemplating a major roof retrofit, decided on spray polyurethane foam as the replacement system.
The facility serves as International Precast Solutions’ (IPS) major manufacturing plant in the United States, producing high-quality architectural precast solutions. The facility’s existing roof showed major age-related issues, as well as weather-instigated leaking and delamination. The three-decade-old EPDM system needed to be addressed immediately; however, the retrofit would prove challenging.