Open-Cell Spray Foam in Upper Arlington
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. Upper Arlington sits within our service area for Greater Columbus and Central Ohio, with same-week scheduling typical for routine jobs.
Typical pricing in Upper Arlington
$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 Upper Arlington's a mixed pre-war and mid-century suburb of bungalows, capes, and Tudor Revival homes built out from the 1920s through the 1950s housing
In Upper Arlington, 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).
Upper Arlington's housing stock is dominated by 1920s through 1950s bungalows, capes, and Tudor Revival homes with lath and plaster walls and largely empty or minimal wall cavities. Mature landscaping and an established tree canopy across most of the suburb's older sections limit exterior equipment staging, which favors a drill-and-fill approach that works through small access holes rather than a full exterior retrofit. Attic and rim-joist packages remain the most requested add-on alongside the wall work. Upper Arlington's eastern border runs along the Olentangy River, separating it from Clintonville and the Ohio State University campus across the water. That housing profile shapes our typical scope for open-cell spray foam in Upper Arlington. 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 Upper Arlington 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)