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Top Ten Photo Picks of 2008
Top Ten editorial picks from SprayFoam Magazine feature stories of 2008.
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1. “SPF on the Vine: Wine Tank Insulation”
October 2008
The challenge: Insulate 60 new and used wine tanks in Northern California.
The solution: Call E&C Insulation to spray-apply Henry Co.’s Permax SPF. With a lot of patience, the team was able to find a system and schedule that worked.
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2. “SPF Team Helps Prevent Project from Becoming Heartbreak Hotel”
April 2008
With a tight schedule and the general contractor filing for bankruptcy during this 97,000-sq.-ft. job in Boston, the Soep-Durwest crew (with BASF PFE foam) wasn’t short on challenges!
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3. “SPF in Paradise”
August 2008
Sunset Key is the picture of playtime. The AirTight SprayFoam of Florida crew, though, had five days to spray
Lapolla SPF to 11,000 sq. ft. on a remote island — and hurricane season on its way. This crew was all work and no play.
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4. “Typhoons and Cloudbursts: SPF Crew Solves Flat-Roof Dilemma on Guam”
June 2008
On an island that gets 85 to 100 inches of rain per year, creating a dome on a flat roof can be key. And that’s just what the Aztech Consulting/Pacific Industrial Coatings crew did with the 6,000 sq. ft. Louis Vuitton building on Guam: They created a Gaco Western foam dome.
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5. “More Than a Green Roof: SPF and Recycled Material”
April 2008
In 72 days, the West Roofing Systems crew completed 11 school district buildings in Berea, Ohio. With recycled EPDM and soy-based WDG foam, this was more than just a functional job. It was a “green” one too!
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6. “Exploring the Technology: Hybrid Insulation Systems”
February 2008
Insulating with a combination of SPF and fiberglass batting may offer contractors a range of services, more people to reach, and more places to help spread the SPF word. So what’s all the hybrid hesitation about?
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7. “Foam Crew Puts Grower’s Cooler in ApplePie Order”
August 2008
When produce is part of the project, paying attention to the details is important, especially when there’s a grand opening on the line. For the Spray Inc. crew of Methuen, Massachusetts, the details included spray-applying BASF foam in one week and finding a solution to a lingering moisture problem.
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8. “Building Foundations: The Law of the Land”
June 2008
Working on a historic home can be a challenge; there are registrar rules, antiques, and original materials to protect. For DeIulis Brothers Construction Company, working with NCFI SPF on the Joseph Story House in Salem, Massachusetts, was a stressful, but successful job.
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9. “Garage Roofs on the SPF Road to Success”
December 2008
During the 10th wettest annual monsoon season since 1951, the Diversified Roofing Corp. of Phoenix, Arizona, had to find a way to complete the five-month job on GarageTown USA’s rooftop. Were they able to spray-apply Gaco Western’s SPF to all 110,000 sq. ft. on time?
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10. “Grotto Gets Foamed for Special Scuba Lessons”
October 2008
To create their in-ground, heated wheelchair-accessible scuba teaching facility, Hilltop Diving in Pennsylvania had a lot of hurtles. They needed McGlaughlin Spray Foam Insulation and NCFI foam to finish this once-in-a-lifetime job.
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