Our spray-foam or blow-in cellulose insulation can be installed in new construction, gutted structures and intact homes/businesses We insulate subfloors, attics, open walls, behind existing walls, metal warehouses, brick structures, everything. We have local professionally trained installers that will take great care with your greatest asset: your family home or your business. We fully guarantee the quality of our work and our prices. We are a locally owned company and can assure you that we have the utmost integrity in our business practices.

SPRAY-FOAM: GreenBean Foam Insulation LLC uses both open-cell & closed-cell foam products of varying densities depending on your situation. We use top of the line foam products from APEX Foam Industries (a New Orleans, LA co). All of our products are environmentally friendly, energy efficient products that have the highest R-values in the industry. Please visit www.apexfoam.com for detailed descriptions or technical information on our products.

CELLULOSE: Our blow-in cellulose insulation is the GREEN FIBER product manufactured by US GREEN FIBER. It has the highest recyclable content, and is treated with borate to make the product fire resistant & mold resistant. Check out this fire rating video. It is impressive.

RADIANT BARRIER: Radiant barriers reflect radiant energy transferred via radiation. Radiation is the transfer of heat (infra-red radiant energy) from a hot surface to a colder surface across an air space. All surfaces including roofs, ceilings and basic insulation radiate heat in varying degrees. Radiant heat is invisible and has no temperature, just energy. When this radiant energy strikes a secondary surface, it is absorbed and increases the temperature of that secondary surface.

This concept can be understood with the following common examples:

• On a bright sunny day, radiant heat from the sun travels through a car's window, strikes the steering wheel and is absorbed, causing the steering wheel to rise in temperature.
• Radiation from the sun strikes the outer surfaces of walls and roofs and is absorbed causing the surface to heat up. This heat flows from the outer side of the material to the inner side of the material through conduction heat transfer which is then radiated again into attics and living spaces increases the temperature inside the building.

A radiant barrier is designed to "block" the radiant energy that strikes it thereby reducing the amount of heat that would normally be radiated into attics and living spaces without a radiant barrier in place.

17 Reasons to use GreenBean Insulation for your Home or Business

1. Saves you more than 50% off your Utility Bills.
2. Increases the structural integrity of your roof & exterior walls. The foam helps keep your roof & walls intact in hurricane force winds. (Ready this study from Clemson University)
3. Increases your property value by 5%. **For every $1 you save annually on your energy bill, your home increases in value $10-$25.
4. Better air quality. Eliminate: humidity, mold, mildew, dustmites, airborne dust & fibers.
5. Increases Energy Efficiency & decreases America's dependence on foreign oil.
6. Seals off your home from: moisture, heat, cold, insects, & rodents.
7. Supports a local company, local manufacturer, & local workers. Keeps tax dollars in our community.
8. Reduces allergic reactions & asthma symptoms for your family or employees.
9. You become eligible for Federal Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency.
10. Soundproofs your home & business. Reduces airborne noise pollution.
11. GREENBEAN guarantees you the best price & service in the metro area plus a LIFETIME WARRANTY.
12. Our products are environmentally safe & DO NOT emit CFCs when sprayed. DOES NOT emit VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) either.
13. Our producst do not provide any fuel for fire & has a Class-1 fire rating
14. Our insulation products DO NOT support mold growth.
15. Our insulation products have NO food value for termites or rodents.
16. Spray-foam is the ONLY insulation product recommended by FEMA for use in the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast.
17. Our insulation products have no adverse effect on wiring or plumbing. Very easy to make repairs or adjustments after foam or cellulose is installed.

About your contractor or builder: there are many extremely talented & knowledgeable contractors & builders out there using spray-foam or cellulose because they have done the proper research & have made the same conclusion I made a long time ago: these are superior products & give you the highest return on your investment dollar. BUT, there are still a few contractors & builders that may give you resistance about switching from fiberglass batts. Unfortunately, some of them are still stuck doing construction the same way they have been doing it for 20 yrs plus & are reluctant to any change due to either ignorance, greed, or laziness (I apologize for being blunt). I would take this as a serious warning sign if you run into this type of attitude.

REMEMBER!! YOU will be living in this house, YOU will be paying the utility bills, & YOUR family will be breathing the air in this house for the better part of your days. Some contractors are reactionary when it comes to change. They will only change when the marketplace & their customers make them. One good thing that has come out of Katrina is that the local marketplace is much more educated & demanding of their contractors & builders when it comes to building RIGHT.