Commercial & industrial
Commercial and Industrial Spray Foam in Greater Houston
Warehouses, light industrial, tenant fit-outs and facility work — sectioned so the building keeps operating, and documented so your file has the applied thickness in it.
Free on-site assessment across Greater Houston. A written scope before anything is ordered.
The work
What changes on a commercial building
A commercial envelope fails in the same way a residential one does, but the consequences are different. A warehouse that runs ten degrees over set point in August is a plant-load problem and a stock problem; a distribution building with condensation forming on the underside of the deck is a maintenance problem before it is a comfort one.
The work is also sequenced differently. You have racking, stock, staff and in many cases a production line, so the job gets divided into sections with an agreed order, and each section is handed back before the next one starts. Most of this work sits along the Ship Channel and out through the production counties.
What we document is the part most contractors leave out: the product, the area and the applied thickness, section by section, so that what is in your file matches what is on your building. Pricing and planning explains how that scope turns into a number.
Sprayed over the purlins as one continuous layer
On a steel building the panel is the condensing surface, and insulation stuffed between the purlins leaves that surface exposed. Closed-cell applied directly to the underside of the deck and over the purlins removes it entirely, which is why the dripping stops at source.
- One continuous surface. A seamless surface, with the fasteners covered and the air path behind it closed.
- Thickness is checked as we go. Depth gauges during application, with the readings recorded.
- Sectioned around your operation. The scope names which sections, in which order, and what has to be cleared before each.
Is this you?
The buildings this suits
Some commercial buildings are better served by other systems. These are the cases where it is usually the right call.
Warehouses and distribution
Where the roof deck is the whole envelope and the load comes straight through it.
Metal building workLight industrial and tenant fit-out
Where the work has to fit around a build-out program and other trades.
New constructionLow-slope roofs that leak at the seams
Where a monolithic surface removes the seams entirely.
Roofing solutionsOn the written scope
What a commercial scope covers
Every line appears on the written scope with an area and a depth, naming the assembly, the product and the depth.
- A written scope Sections, product, applied depth, exclusions and price, before anything is ordered.
- Roof deck and purlins Closed-cell applied over the structure as one continuous layer.
- Walls where they are accessible Tilt-wall, block and steel-framed walls, where access allows.
- Penetrations and transitions Where the envelope is broken by services, curbs and roof transitions.
- Protection and containment Racking, stock and equipment masked and protected; the area handed back clean.
- Applied thickness documented Recorded per section and handed over with the job, for your file.
- Sectioned and sequenced An agreed order of work so the building keeps operating.
- Out-of-hours where needed Where the operation has to keep running, ask and we will price it that way.
Straight comparison
Foam, board or batt on a commercial roof deck
Three ways to insulate the same steel deck, and what each one actually does about condensation.
| What changes | Closed-cell foam | Rigid board | Fiberglass batt or blanket |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condensation on the panel | Removed — the cold surface is covered | Reduced, depending on how the joints are treated | Left in place; the panel stays exposed behind it |
| Air sealing | Sealed in the same pass | Depends entirely on taping and detailing | None |
| Follows the structure | Yes, including purlins and awkward transitions | Cut to fit; transitions are a detail | Compressed at every purlin, which loses the value there |
| Sagging over time | Adhered, so it stays against the panel | Mechanically fixed | Common in older blanket systems |
| Cost | Highest per square foot | Middle | Lowest |
| Best used when | Condensation or air leakage is the problem | A new build with a designed assembly | Budget is the binding constraint and the building stays dry |
General material behavior. Product figures come from the manufacturer's data sheet. Ask us for the manufacturer datasheet for whatever we propose.
How it runs
One process, three stages
The price is agreed before anyone brings a rig on site.
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1
Inspect
We walk the building with you: deck type, structure, services, access and what has to keep running while we work.
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2
Scope
Sections, product, applied depth, exclusions and price, in writing, with the sequence agreed — which sections, in which order, what you clear and when, and whether it runs out of hours.
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3
Install and verify
Thickness checked as we go, each section cleaned and handed back before the next starts, and the documentation delivered with the invoice.
Questions
Asked about this service
Usually. The work is divided into sections with an agreed order, and each section is cleared, sprayed and handed back before the next one starts. If your operation has to run through it, ask and we will price it out of hours.
Yes, per section, and it is handed over with the job. It is the part most people need for their file and the part most quotes leave out.
Fix it first, or fix it as part of the same job. Spraying over an active leak traps water in the assembly and hides it, which makes the next conversation much more expensive.
Tell us what they are before we bid. Permits, safe work practice, inductions and access are part of the scope, and we will confirm up front which of your site requirements we can meet.
The visit is free. Someone comes out, walks the building and gives you a written scope and a price, and the decision stays yours.
Texas leaves insulation contracting outside its statewide licensing system, so insurance is the document that actually tells you something. Ask us for our current certificate of insurance and we will send it.
Free assessment
Tell us about your building
Someone comes out, walks it with you, and puts the scope in writing before anything is ordered.
- An on-site assessment, with the price written after someone has seen the building.
- A written scope: assembly, system, applied depth, exclusions and price.
- A straight answer when the cheaper system is the right one.