Spray Foam Insulation in Park Township, MI

Spray Foam Insulation in Park Township often starts with a house that was built for summer and is now lived in all year. The township split from Holland Township in 1915, and its shoreline communities grew around resorts that drew visitors from Chicago. It had 18,625 residents at the 2020 census, on about 21.3 square miles, of which more than 2 square miles are water.

Macatawa and Waukazoo Woods

Lake Macatawa cuts the southern tip of the township off from the rest, and the cottage community of Macatawa sits on the lake near the channel to Lake Michigan. Many of the early resort buildings there were lost to fires. On the north shore, Waukazoo Woods was the site of the Waukazoo Inn, which was torn down in 1960 and replaced by private homes. Those mid-century lots and older cottages make up a lot of our work here.

Crawl spaces and floors

Cottages near the water often sit on crawl spaces or piers. Cold floors, damp smells and pipes that freeze when the heat is turned down are all signs that the space under the house needs attention. Sealing the crawl space with a vapor barrier and closed-cell foam on the walls and rim, or foaming the underside of the floor if it must stay open, is usually the fix.

Wind exposure

Homes close to Lake Michigan take the full force of west winds in winter. Air sealing matters as much as insulation in those houses, especially at the rim joist, around windows and at the attic floor.

Mid-century homes

The homes built on the old Waukazoo Inn grounds and in other north-shore neighborhoods after 1960 are often ranches and two-stories with low-slope roofs and limited attic space. Where we cannot get enough depth in the attic, we seal the ceiling carefully and use the highest R-value material the space allows.

Call (616) 801-4092 or book a visit and we will look at your Park Township home or cottage. Get a free estimate