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Building energy-efficient homes has become more popular than ever, with many homeowners having made improvements throughout the year. If you made changes to your home to reduce energy usage, remember to take these changes into account when you file your taxes. You may be eligible for a tax credit.

Topics: Energy Efficiency, Environmentally Friendly, Home Design, Low Costs

When most people think of foam, they picture plush, open-cell foam such as that which is generally used in cushions and carpet padding. While these types of foam are certainly important, there is another type of foam of which you should be aware when looking for materials for your construction projects. Rigid molding foam, which comes in both high and low-density varieties, has an array of uses in many industries.

Topics: Home Design, Spray Polyurethane, NCFI, High Density Foam

Topics: Home Design, NCFI, roof, insulation

 

Topics: Home Design, InsulStar, NCFI

Topics: Home Design, NCFI

Having your home remodeling is exciting, especially when that remodel involves applying polyurethane spray foam insulation. You can't wait to enjoy your new, beautiful, and warm home. However, making it through the remodel stage, when everything is askew and there are numerous workers building in your home, can be a challenge. Here are some tips to help you survive the remodel in one piece:

Topics: Home Design, Spray Polyurethane, NCFI

Whether you're remodeling your home on your own or hiring a professional to build for you, understanding the basic anatomy of a wall will help ensure you choose the right materials and designs.

Topics: Home Design, NCFI

NCFI's InsulStar materials for your construction projects conserve space. This means that you get to use less materials to build bigger buildings. With lower costs and higher prices due to a higher square footage, you end up with a more profitable project.

Topics: Energy Efficiency, Home Design, InsulStar, NCFI

Topics: Home Design, InsulStar, Spray Polyurethane, Winter

If you own an older building or work on older buildings, you know just how many unexpected challenges you can encounter throughout a renovation process.  One common problem with homes and buildings built in the 1800's is their narrow walls. Insulating these homes presents a real challenge because there simply is not enough space for inches and inches of fiberglass insulation. Thankfully, there is a solution -- spray foam insulation. It's not just for building energy-efficient homes any more. It's also a great solution for increasing the energy efficiency of older homes.

Topics: Energy Efficiency, Home Design, InsulStar