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[Bob Winkler]

did you guys use closed cell or open?

I used open cell because it was less expensive, the contractor recommended it, and I have 2x6 walls that held a lot of foam.

Bob

[Jamie Schmitz]

Slightly off topic but...what if you have to fish an electrical wire with foam installed? I was watching a show once where the guy heated up a ball bearing and dropped it into the channel of a wall created a space for the wire that way but that technique may not work for that angled ceiling. Maybe if you used a magnet it would work.

[Phil Maddox]

That looks awesome!!!

I agree with the others that you can hire this out for not a whole lot more than you can do it yourself - especially when you consider time.

Will you be leaving the "loft" area open for storage?

PHil

[Bob Winkler]

Slightly off topic but...what if you have to fish an electrical wire with foam installed?

You're right- it can be a problem to add wires later. That's why I did 3 things:
- make sure I added all the wiring I could think of prior to the spray foam
- add empty plastic conduit between floors and going into the electrical box from the crawl space that allow wires to be fished later
- added a ceiling soffit around the perimeter of the shop to easily run wires and lights

Bob

[Greg Portland]

Slightly off topic but...what if you have to fish an electrical wire with foam installed? I was watching a show once where the guy heated up a ball bearing and dropped it into the channel of a wall created a space for the wire that way but that technique may not work for that angled ceiling. Maybe if you used a magnet it would work.

For a shop setting I would consider surface mounted conduit for the wall electrical, this eliminates the problem when moving or running new circuits.

[Adam Carl]

The loft area will be slightly open. I will have an opening on each side to get in. It will be light storage. At 14 feet in the air, not ideal to store stuff. It will mostly be a way to run new wiring and stuff.

[Adam Carl]

Open cell.

Closed cell would have have provided more R value and sealed all air leaks but the cost is much higher. The open cell was bad enough, cost wise.

[Adam Carl]

I too added a couple circuits before foam for lights and the heater. All other shop wiring will be in conduit.