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Spray foam Home Renovation Nightmare in Calgary

28 Oct 2020 · 2 min

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In this YouTube video, a group of spray‑foam professionals from across Western Canada gather on a renovation site in Calgary to discuss and remediate a severely botched spray‑foam installation. Technical sales manager Luke Egli (Elasticem Specialty Chemicals) describes the job as the worst he has seen in 17 years, emphasizing how labor‑intensive it is to remove the poorly applied foam. Contractors and owners—including Blaine (Total Site Services), Wes (Wescan Spray Systems), Matt Litman (Top Gun Spray Foam), Steve Johnson (Northern Foam Works), Curt (Beyond Foam Insulation), Mike Marlow (HMFT Pier Spray), Ben Porter (PolySource Industries), Skyler Pinchak (High Performance Spray Systems), Adam Luffman (Urethane Foam Consultants), and Evan Osmond (Beyond Foam Insulation)—explain why they have come together despite normally being competitors. They stress that one bad job should not tarnish the reputation of the whole industry, and they aim to demonstrate that spray foam is a high‑quality product when installed correctly. The video showcases the collaborative effort, the technical challenges of foam removal, and a broader message to homeowners about the importance of hiring reputable, skilled contractors.

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This was by far the worst job I've ever seen, and I've been doing this now for 17 years, so that says quite a bit.
We saw what a disaster it was and figured the best thing for our entire industry is to help out and show, you know, show the customers and show everyone that spray foam is a great product and there's a lot of really good contractors out there.
The guys that are working right now are working super hard, and it's absolutely awesome. The work that has been done in there is absolutely dreadful, but we're here to fix that up. It's pretty intense. We all thought it would be a little easier to get foam out, but it's labor-intensive. My name is Luke Egli. I work for Elasticem Specialty Chemicals. I am the technical sales manager for Western Canada.
I'm Blaine from Total Site Services, owner-operator. We're out of Edmonton, Alberta. I'm Wes, owner of Wescan Spray Systems.
My name is Matt Litman, and I'm owner-operator of Top Gun Spray Foam. Just saw a problem and figured we could come help fix it. My name is Steve Johnson. I own Northern Foam Works, NFW Spray Foam and Coatings, in Red Deer, Alberta. My name is Curt, and I work at Beyond Foam Insulation.
My name is Mike Marlow. I'm from HMFT Pier Spray. Ben Porter, PolySource Industries. Skyler Pinchak, High Performance Spray Systems.
My name is Adam Luffman. I'm the owner and general manager of Urethane Foam Consultants.
This is a showing of a bunch of companies that want to come together and make a job right for a nice homeowner.
Just because there's one bad apple doesn't mean we're all bad. We can come together and fix an issue.
We're here to help these people out and help show everybody that this is not a typical spray foam job.
My name's Evan Osmond and I work at Beyond Foam Insulation.
I'm Michael and I work for High Performance Spray Systems.
My name is Matthew and I work with Westcan Spray Systems. I'm Adam Mowat and I work with Beyond Foam Insulation.
Hi, my name is Jordan. I work for Westcan Spray Systems. How's it going? I'm Glenn Bradley. I work with Beyond Foam. Jamie Weisgerber, Double R Value Insulation.
Everybody's working hard and it's going quicker than I thought it would.
It's hard, but yeah, really good to see, you know, a bunch of guys who usually compete with each other get together and work as hard as they can to make this right.