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Guarding Your Home: How Heatlok Soya HP Insulation Can Shield Against Canada's Silent Threat – Radon Gas

October 2, 2024

Protect your home from Radon gas, Canada's #2 leading cause of lung cancer. Applied before the basement floor is poured, Heatlok Soya HP spray foam insulation seals walls, floor seams, and utility fittings in one pass and ensures a safer, healthier home.

Guarding Your Home: How Heatlok Soya HP Insulation Can Shield Against Canada's Silent Threat – Radon Gas

Heatlok Soya HFO

Heatlok Soya HFO is designed as a continuous insulation solution contributing to protection against air, heat, water and vapour with superior adhesion. This product acts as an insulation, air barrier, vapor barrier and weather resistant in a single application.

Heatlok Soya HFO uses Honeywell's Solstice® liquid blowing agent technology, which has a Global Warming Potential of 1 (99.9% lower than traditional blowing agents). It contains a total of 22% renewable soybean oil and recycled plastic.

Product Benefits

  • Superior R-value exceeding CAN/ULC S705.1-15 since 2017
  • Application up to 200mm (8") thick in 1 day
  • Proven performance and durability of the Heatlok range for 4 generations
  • Vapor barrier at a thickness of 50mm (2")
  • Tested against the infiltration of harmful underground gases (radon)
  • Greenguard Gold Certified - Low VOC Emissions
  • Flood resistant (FEMA Class 5)
  • Listed assembly for CAN/ULC S101 Fire Rating - High-rise buildings (UL EW24 and EW25)

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Company: Huntsman Building Solutions

Product: Closed-Cell Insulation

Source: https://huntsmanbuildingsolutions.com/en-CA/products/closed-cell-insulation/heatlok-soya-hfo



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