Open-Cell Spray Foam in Hilliard
Open-cell foam is the right choice for interior walls (sound dampening) and unconditioned attic floors where vapor permeability matters. Less expensive per board foot than closed-cell. Ideal for second-floor walls, attic floors, and above-roof-deck applications in conditioned attic designs. Hilliard sits within our service area for Greater Columbus and Central Ohio, with same-week scheduling typical for routine jobs.
Typical pricing in Hilliard
$0.50-$1.20 per board foot
Pricing varies by job specifics. Free phone or on-site quotes; fixed pricing once the technician has assessed the job.
Open-Cell Spray Foam for Hilliard's a small historic Main Street core surrounded by extensive post-1985 subdivision growth on Franklin County's west side housing
In Hilliard, Open-Cell Spray Foam is the right product for vented attic-floor retrofits, interior partition wall sound assemblies, and any application where vapor permeability is a design requirement rather than a defect. The install is low-density (0.5 lb) water-blown open-cell foam at R-3.7 per inch, vapor-permeable and sound-dampening, applied to interior partition walls (for sound dampening) and unconditioned attic floors (where vapor permeability matters).
Hilliard's housing stock is overwhelmingly post-1985 subdivision construction, and the newest of those homes sometimes already have closed-cell foam at the rim joist from the original build. Older Hilliard homes, concentrated in the small historic Main Street core, need fuller attic and wall retrofits to reach the Climate Zone 5A R-49 to R-60 attic target that the newer subdivisions were built closer to already. Whole-home packages are more common on the older stock, while newer subdivision homes typically need only selective attic or rim-joist work. Hilliard sits on the flat glacial till plain west of the Scioto River, with the river's Griggs Reservoir pool a few miles east of the city. That housing profile shapes our typical scope for open-cell spray foam in Hilliard. We spec open-cell at the right surfaces only, such as interior partition walls for sound assemblies, attic floors over vented attics, and other vapor-permissive applications.
Open-cell foam in Franklin County is most common on vented attic floors across Whitehall's postwar ranch belt and Blacklick's post-1995 subdivisions, and on interior partition walls for sound dampening in the denser pre-war streetcar suburbs like Bexley and Clintonville.
Open-cell foam does not function as a vapor retarder; in Climate Zone 5A, it should never be sprayed directly to roof decks unless paired with a separate vapor-control strategy designed by the project envelope engineer. Permitting in Hilliard routes through the local OH building department, and Climate Zone 5A R-value targets apply across the entire Columbus metro.
- County
- Franklin, OH
- Predominant era
- Mixed-era residential
- Climate zone
- IECC 5A (cold mixed-humid)
- Service category
- Open-cell (R-3.7/inch, vapor-permeable)