Color me Happy!

The spray foam insulation guy was supposed to show up on Monday morning but I received a text from the GC that the job he was working on was taking longer so he'd be here on Tuesday.  Tuesday by 10 a.m. I knew he wasn't gonna show...no idea what the excuse would be but I could just feel it.  I received a text from GC that foam guy had to take his child to the Dr because his wife could not get off work, he'd be here if it didnt take too long but I already knew that he wouldn't show.  

But he did show up this morning.

This is the trailer that houses the 55 gallon drums of liquid that becomes the foam.  If you've ever used that expandable foam in a can to seal a hole up its essentially the same thing but with more insulating power.

This is the inside of the trailer.  There are 2 different chemicals in each 55 gallon drum and they are fed through 2 hoses that eventually come together in a wand and when they combine you get the foam.  There are 2 types of foam, closed cell and open.   We are getting Open Cell and the walls will have 6 1/4 inches and 4" in the ceiling.  

Here's the wand that disperses the foam.

The tool in the upper portion of this picture is a shaving tool.  When the foam goes in between the studs it is sort of controlled chaos.  If you look behind the tool you see what the foam looks like.  They use that tool to take off the major bumps.  Then they use the tool in the picture  below to shave everything off even with the wall studs. 

Its like a long serrated knife and the picture below is what you are left with. 

The first day he got a little more than a third of the way through and today he got about a third more done.  And he will finish up tomorrow.

I am still shocked that almost all of these subs dont show up to work until 10 ish in the morning and they shut everything down around 3 and are gone completely by 4....if I can still put in an 8 hour day of working at almost 67 years of age they should certainly be able to do it...I'm left shaking my head.  

Also today the sheetrock arrived and if all goes well, they will start on Saturday, if not they should be here on Monday.  So color me a happy girl!