Medicine Hat has the oldest housing profile of Alberta's major cities - about 61% of homes were built before 1991, more than anywhere else on our list. For decades the 'Gas City' had famously cheap natural gas, and a lot of that older stock was built without much thought for efficiency. Cheap gas is history; the leaky houses remain, which makes Medicine Hat one of Alberta's strongest spray foam retrofit markets.
How the quote is built
Per board foot - area x thickness x foam type: - Closed-cell (R-6 to R-7, vapour barrier) suits the older Medicine Hat basements and rim joists that make up much of the work. - Attic R-38 is about 6 inches closed-cell or 11 inches open-cell. - Access - an open build in Southlands versus a retrofit in older Crescent Heights.
Why the Gas City is a retrofit market
With the most pre-1991 stock and gas no longer cheap, the payback on sealing an old Medicine Hat home is now real and fast - the leaks that didn't matter at 1990s gas prices matter a lot today.
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