Spray Foam Insulation in Weatherford, TX

Weatherford is the Parker County seat, and it has called itself the Cutting Horse Capital of the World since the late 1980s. Inside the city you have Victorian houses near the courthouse square and newer subdivisions toward the edges. Past the city limits the land opens up into acreage, and the building you want to insulate may be a barndominium, a steel shop or a horse barn. Each one needs its own foam plan, and the steel ones need closed cell.

Homes in Weatherford

About half of Weatherford’s homes were built in 2000 or later. Most of those sit on a slab with the furnace or air handler and the ductwork in the attic, where summer heat can pass 130°F. For them we usually recommend open cell foam on the underside of the roof deck, about 5.5 inches for close to R-20. That pulls the ducts into conditioned space instead of leaving them out in the heat, and a gas furnace or water heater up there gets a combustion air check first. More on our attic spray foam page.

The older part of town is a different job. A National Register study of Weatherford’s historic houses dates the Victorian homes to roughly 1875 to 1910, followed by foursquares and bungalows in the early 1900s, with the heaviest concentration in the southwest quadrant of town. Most are wood frame, and houses of that age typically sit on pier-and-beam foundations. Closed cell foam under the floor and along the rim joists seals the house from the crawl space below and works as a vapor retarder. See crawl space spray foam.

Barndominiums, metal shops and horse barns around Weatherford

Out on the acreage, the buildings change. Recent listings in the 76085, 76087 and 76088 ZIP codes include barndominiums on tracts of about 5 to 18 acres, some with a separate shop. The area’s cutting horse business supports trainers, breeders, feed stores and tack shops across Parker County, and the barns that go with them. On steel we recommend closed cell foam, usually 2 to 3 inches, which gives about R-13 to R-20.

Barndominiums

In a barndominium, we spray closed cell on the roof and walls of both the living quarters and the shop. It stops condensation on the steel, works as a vapor retarder at about 1.5 inches and stiffens the panels. On the living side the foam is covered with drywall, the same as in any house.

Metal shops

A standalone steel shop gets the same closed cell on the roof and walls. It keeps water from forming on the underside of the roof on cool mornings and dripping onto trucks, trailers and tools. See metal building insulation.

Horse barns and equipment barns

These are often post-frame buildings with steel roofs. Closed cell on the underside of the roof keeps condensation from dripping onto hay, tack and stalls, and a foamed tack room or feed room stays drier. Horses can chew foam they can reach, so in stall areas we keep it above their reach or plan a cover for it. See pole barn insulation.

Neighborhoods and ZIP codes we cover

We cover Weatherford and the acreage around it, including the historic blocks near the courthouse square, the newer subdivisions on the edges of town, the area around Lake Weatherford northeast of the city, and the tracts north along FM 51. That takes in all four Weatherford ZIP codes: 76085, 76086, 76087 and 76088.

Weatherford spray foam questions

Our barndominium has the house and the shop under one roof. Do both sides get the same foam?

Usually the same type, closed cell, but not always the same thickness. Over the living quarters we usually recommend about 3 inches on the roof, close to R-20, with drywall over the walls. On the shop side, 2 inches, about R-13, stops condensation and takes the edge off summer heat with less material. We price each side separately so you can decide.

Is it worth foaming the roof of an open-sided hay barn?

Foam will not hold a temperature in a building with open sides. What it does is stop condensation. A steel roof that sweats on cool mornings drips onto the top bales, and wet hay can mold. Closed cell sprayed on the underside of the roof stops that drip. Whether it pays off depends on how much hay you store and how often the roof sweats, and we will give you a straight answer after we see it.

How far outside Weatherford do you go?

We cover the acreage across all four Weatherford ZIP codes, from the Lake Weatherford area to the tracts up FM 51. Several buildings on one property can be measured on the same trip, and each gets its own line on the written quote, which usually follows within 24 hours.