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  • Ones to Watch: Chase Jones

    • By Spray Foam Magazine Staff
    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    Navigating the ins and outs of a new industry can sometimes feel like taking a shot in the dark– that’s why Spray Foam Magazine delights in spotlighting newcomers like Chase Jones, whose resourcefulness and diligence has already begun to light up the long, winding, and rewarding path to success. read more

  • Good Foundations

    • By Danielle Macdonald
    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    One recent project included securing the foundations of two high-rise buildings at Lakeview DXE Club in Mississauga with spray foam insulation. The 12- and eight-story mixed-use residential and commercial buildings are designed by Kohn Architects for Vandyk Properties in Mississauga’s Lakeview area. read more

  • Darkness to Light

    • By Danielle Macdonald
    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    Spray Foam Magazine is honored to award this year’s Contractor of the Year (COTY) to Danny Walker, owner of Colony Insulation based in Algonac, MI. read more

  • Ones to Watch: Austin Mocaby

    • By Spray Foam Magazine Staff
    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    Spray Foam Magazine is proud to recognize Austin Mocaby’s tenacity and laser-sharp fo?cus on delivering the best product experience to every client. These traits highlight Mocaby’s potential as an up-and-coming force to be reckoned with—and he’s just getting started. read more

  • Coating the Future

    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    Coatings play a crucial role in the spray foam industry, particularly in safeguarding exposed spray foam insulation (SPF) from environmental elements such as sunlight, rain, and snow. These factors can significantly impact the performance and lifespan of foam insulation. read more

  • Foaming a Family Legacy

    • By Spray Foam Magazine Staff
    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    Spray Foam Magazine considers many factors when selecting its Contractor of the Year, including hard work, customer focus, industry knowledge, and an unrelenting drive to improve. Caleb DeFord embodies all of these qualities and more. read more

  • Foam Goes Honky-Tonk

    • By Ashley Brooks
    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    If there’s one thing John Ewell of DFW Urethanes has learned, it’s that it takes a certain amount of ruggedness to make it anywhere in Texas. Ewell has worked in the SPF and roofing industry since 1981, yet he still finds himself impressed by spray foam’s toughness and ability to withstand the test of time. He and his team witnessed this firsthand when they recoated the 100,000-sq.-ft. roof deck at Billy Bob’s Texas read more

  • Breaking the Fall

    • By Foamgineer
    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    Focus on the highlights from OSHA’s Protecting Roofing Workers manual read more

  • Avoiding Material Miscalculations

    • By Dudley J. Primeaux II, PCS, CCI
    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    Unfortunately, we see this more often than not. One is on a nice coating (or spray foam) project, claims to be applying at the proper rate and thickness, measured the area carefully, at least twice no less, but finds themselves running short on material. What could it be? read more

  • Our Champion of Spray Foam and Strength

    • By Spray Foam Magazine Staff
    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    Spray Foam Magazine is honored to champion Candace Lord as a true trailblazer, unmatched in her commitment to empowering others, fostering community, and promoting strength. read more

  • The Whole Package

    • By Ashley Brooks
    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    In the fall of 2024, TCS Insulation & Coatings spent a month on-site at one such sprawling shipping warehouse owned by a global courier transportation corporation. TCS foamed the 80,000-square foot facility’s roof deck and walls with UPC’s High Lift HFO Winter closed-cell spray foam, finishing it off with an application of No-Burn coating, just in time for the busy winter season. read more