Spray Foam Insulation in Tottenville, NY

Spray foam insulation in Tottenville serves the southernmost neighborhood in New York City and New York State. Wikipedia notes that Tottenville is bounded on three sides by water, with the Arthur Kill on the west and north and the New York Bight to the south. The neighborhood has a strong Victorian architectural heritage, unusual for the South Shore, and many large 19th-century homes still stand.

Victorian houses

Victorian houses have tall walls, many rooms, bay windows and complicated roofs. Most were built with little or no insulation, and many have balloon framing that turns wall cavities into chimneys. We seal the attic, block cavity tops and bottoms, fill walls with dense-pack or foam where appropriate, and foam the rim joist. Some houses are landmarked; the Bethel Methodist Church parsonage at 7484 Amboy Road, built around 1870, was designated in 2005 and restored in 2017.

1990s homes by the water

Wikipedia notes that the section southeast of Hylan Boulevard, nearly uninhabited before, saw intense home building in the 1990s, and Tottenville Beach was largely undeveloped until then. Those houses usually need attic sealing and depth, rim joist foam and garage ceilings.

Coastal moisture and storms

With water on three sides, humidity and storms are part of life. The Coral Bay Cafe at Tottenville Beach was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. For houses near the shore, we check flood maps, since FEMA allows only Class 4 and 5 flood damage-resistant materials below the base flood elevation in mapped flood zones.

Owners and renters

Wikipedia's census summary for the Tottenville-Charleston tabulation area shows 29.4% of occupied units are rented and 16,089 residents in 2020.

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