Discover the Perfect Great Stuff™ Insulating Spray Foam for Your Project!
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- čas přidán 8. 08. 2023
- Watch our educational video with Brent Gentling from @BYOTools for an in-depth, side-by-side comparison of various Great Stuff™ insulating spray foam products.
Not sure which Great Stuff™ product is ideal for your project? Look no further! In this video, we'll guide you through an informative review of each product, highlighting their unique benefits and functionalities. By the end, you'll be equipped with the knowledge to confidently choose the perfect foam sealant for your needs.
From sealing gaps and cracks to insulating windows and doors, each product serves a unique purpose to meet your specific requirements.
Surprised by the surprising results we uncovered during our tests? Share your thoughts in the comment section below! - Jak na to + styl
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Yeah, not being able to see the results really surprised me.
Probably have to pay for that
@@semiprofessional8470lol, payed in attention.
Or... you know.... pause the video
@@DES.REVER.DESIGNS yeah, I'll watch the video multiple times to try to pause it at the correct moment it is visible... Cause correct editing is pointless.... Thanks Poindexter
Its not about the results for me, its about the journey
I love the part where you thoroughly showed the results!
This thought is precisely why he earned a dislike😂
Exactly why I clicked “do not recommend this channel”
The great stuff and fire retardant and most expanding
They are literally called ‘shorts’ 🤦♂️ also it’s an advertisement 🤦♂️🤦🤦♀️
@@PerpetualWane advertisement for what? didnt show the best product so is it an ad for all the products even if they are shit?
I like the fact you sprayed them for APPROXIMATELY 1 minute. AND WE DIDNT EVEN SEE THE RESULTS
You must've blinked @ the end lol
Also the dispensing rates not necessarily the same to compare the volume.
I actually hated that part
@alankluttz4400 i was being sarcastic
... Sure you watched the video??
I feel like you were so close to having an amazing short, but you dropped the ball. You came up short, not freezing on a good shot of the results.
Only so much time in a short🤷 yall can pause the video and look don't be lazy if you want it perfect then you put in the work to test something like this yourself. Easy to write a comment
@@mexicaninjafredfredhe could have done better. If you want people to watch your videos make them better.
A good shot of the results??? Like he said in his opening, he just wanted to compare and contrast the different types of foam, and he did just that. Pay attention man, find another video for the results you expect, or make your own...and know that the shot you want will show absolutely nothing important.
Seriously, add 5 seconds to the short and it would have made it more interesting and provided useful information!
@@elguapo5467he literally says multiple times that it's a test. So he conducted a test and didn't show the results. Now you are telling people to go find the results somewhere else lol
'Approximately' one minute? You should watch a project farm video!! That man knows his 'stuff'!
That guy makes porn for engineers
Lol!
He'd have a 25 minute rundown! Subjecting each foam to 10 tests (plus cheap and expensive brands) to see which foam does what best! Love that channel.
Project farm needs to do this. He shows results
I liked the part where we got to see the end results. That was cool. Oh ... wait.
The window and door filler also does not exert pressure when expanding. That way you can use it in a window or door frame without deforming it
Why anyone would need to fill a window is beyond me. If you want privacy then install blinds. If you want insulation then replace the glass with something that has a better R value than glass. If you want shatterproofing then plastic tint. If there's moisture between the panes then who cares, foam isn't going to improve the transparency either. Stupid is as stupid does.
@@francislopez8090what in the hell are you talking about?
Nobody is putting foam in the window, it's to seal around the framing of the window during installation in all the cracks and gaps before you put sheetrock up.
You must be from another planet.
@@donzmilky5961🎣
If and only if it used properly it can and will exert pressure if you overfill the cavity
@@francislopez8090 I agree with your last sentence.
One product, different colors.
“They would never know. How would they know?” 😂
@@jaysage976
'They'll know...'
fireblock great stuff! still flammable!
true
@@vendomnu -- yes, verify, never trust!
Trust is earned ... nobody is perfect :o
I love apples to fish comparisons.
apples have more fiber.
I’ve always hated phrases like this. “Oh you really can’t compare it, it’s apples to oranges ya know?”. I mean not really nobody ever said you can’t compare two fruits, or a fruit from a tree to a fish from a river or whatever.
@@muchachogrande2019 You shouldn't hate them. Apples to oranges is a pithy statement meant to point out that a comparison that seems valid is not valid.
OTOH, apples to fish, means it's so far out of rational comparison as to be a joke.
@@plumbthumbs9584 Fish has more protein and "good fat".
@@AlanTheBeast100 lol I know where you’re coming from and I didn’t mean it with any Ill intent, I just always think to myself “I can easily compare those things!” When people say it.
I’m not saying that it would be a valuable or useful comparison or anything.
The window and door foam had the same fire rating as the fire foam. We always kept a product sheet on hand for the inspector and saved ourselves a ton of money!
That's assuming your inspector can easily see to verify the foam has been installed at all necessary locations (surface penetrations).
@@mlindholm very true. We're talking about thru penetrations generally so he can see them from the floor or second level to attic. We always keep a can around to prove what we used. In the long run now we just hire the insulation guys to do it because codes change constantly about spacing between cavities. Used to be every hole, then every other hole and now I Believe it's every 3rd horizontal presentation to foam.
One of my favorite channels on YT does great tests just like this. (Project Farm) People love this stuff. It's why the show, "how it was made" was so popular.
Applied , as shown, it can bow or crack the drywall off of the wall.
that's why it says in bold letters at the top of the video it's "for demonstration purposes only not to be used to fill closed spaces"
Can you use as a way to re-insulate walls in an old stucco home?
@@Dasani_water_drinker Not only can it crack drywall, but stucco, as well.
@@Dasani_water_drinker Much better bang for the buck if you insulate the attic.
@@Dasani_water_drinkerIf you must, pull the drywall, update the electric, if needed, then use fiberglass or rockwool.
Vapor barrier, if needed, then drywall
I really like that they're color coded. That's really handy. I also didn't know there was a bug one. We have a carpenter bee problem. Years ago I went through and filled in a bunch of holes and damage with the normal foam. I'm not sure if there would have been a difference in those cases.
Leave a chunk of wood outside with some pre drilled holes and they will go for that over the house found it SUPER helpful!
You can just use any gap filler with steel wool.
premise foam is a pesticide you can use that will prevent insect from wanting to go near the wood and if they do it kills them. It doesn’t fill the gap. Just expands and soaks into the wood and then the excess dries out. Kills anything on contact and leaves a pretty good residual effect too.
we dont need to be killing bees
@@norml.hugh-mann certain bees can be harmful and dangerous to have around.
The best thing about this short is introducing people to project farm… im gunna sub there!
I found out the hard way how each one is designed for each specific use by using crack and gap filler in windows and sealing my windows absolutely and incomprehensibly shut 😅
Yea. Wondows and doors definitely want one they doesent put any force on the push. It’s early and I can’t remember the name but it says wondows and doors on it lol
Low expansion foam. Use OSI Quad Foam. Great stuff ain’t great.
@@Slab_Nabber I'll have to remember that
I work at Canadian tire and we sell some of these. This honestly helps me tell people what will work best for filling spaces
So which one is best for filling tires?
@benztech2262 I wouldn't know, I know nothing about cars which is why I dont work in auto
I was working on an old mast pipe on a side of a building for arial entry cable and the previous home owner caked full of spray foam. What a nightmare
I did my entire house in NJ with a product called Fiam it Green. The products main ingredient is soy bean extract with other plant based material added in to protect from insects and stuff. After applying this to a house built in 1926 and also installing solar panels, my gas, electric, and monthly solar panel bill averaged just under 70 bucks a month. That's summer AND winter. When I sold the house 2 years after the installation of the panels and spray foam, PSE&G paid me 1500 in back owed money because I produced more electricity than I used. I credit this almost entirely to Foam it green. You aught to test that against other foams. Oh, and 1 more thing. Because it's organic. You don't need some specialty company out to do the spraying for you.
How much did this fiat it green cost vs. $1500 rebate?
@BradSabako first let me say there was a typo. It's called foam it green closed cell spray foam. And I believe I paid around 1200 at the time. I bought 2 kits to do my house. The biggest result wasn't from the state and fed rebates (I think I got around 700 from both collectively). My average utilities for the next 2 years I owned the home stayed around 70 bucks a month. Plus the added value I was able to use when I sold the house was quite a sum as well. But let me also be clear that the foam it green wasn't the only green tech I did to the home. I created an assisted air system that pulled ground temp air flow in through the basement and flowed out through the attic. I had solar panels as well (that was most of the monthly charge added onto the monthly equation for utilities), as well as new windows throughout. Now the green tech went beyond that to include the paint, flooring, sheet-roch, and so much more. But the question was about the foam it green. I added the rest to keep it real that the foam wasn't the only item.
Did you warm the cans it's a thermal reaction so warming them a bit helps it expand more
How do you go about warming the cans? And maybe drop a warning label in case anyone thinks microwaving a can is the answer. Haha.
@@jessicagriffithhot water bucket, just don’t submerge past the lid, or put it in a ziplock beforehand.
@@maxwellhesher1790 Thank you!!! Sounds simple enough. Wish I would’ve know this before a bunch of foaming I did. Bet it saves money too.
That spray foam is some really… *Great Stuff* 😎
Yes that there is so many types I only see the original and the window stuff around
It's NOT, this stuff breaks down, falls apart, and disintegrates over time, makes a mess and "the holes" reappear, bigger than ever...
Pablo Eskimofo, drug lord of The Last Frontier!
Spraying a bit of water directly on the foam before it hardens will greatly increase the expansion of the product!
True?
@@mondavou9408I've heard this is true but the water gets trapped and can cause it to smell pretty bad like a blocked pipe and causes the foam to lose its strength which can be important if you're using foams like fence post foam....
Although just things I've heard from other contractors idk how true it is
What surprised me was the variety of foams you found. My Lowe's has like 4 options. 3 are different cans and then stuff in a bag for posts.
The waterproofing one is interesting. Especially for ppl like me, making fixings/ fittings/ adaptations/ renovations or how its called of the bathrooms
The only thing that surprised me was that your fireblock actually worked.
I didn't see him test any flames near it? Did we watch the same video
@@justinbaratheon4686 I was surprised it actually came out of the can so nice. I had a few this spring that didn't work out.
You're going to have a huge foam bill.
Yeah, at least 10 grand! 😂😂
This is what I wish CZcams showed more of. Practical, useful and interesting. Thank you.
You’d think that the BIG GAP filler would have expanded 2-3 x more than any other but it seemed less than some/most. It was kind of hard to tell at the end, because you explained all the options but didn’t take the time to compare them before the video ended
I have to say good job and informative video. Because I normally wouldn’t watch stuff like this and I actually watched this one through and I’ve not only watched it through, but watched it multiple times. Good job.
Flammability is what really matters most when so much is invested into a house.
spray foam is generally very flammable, the fireblock is slightly better but the Abesco fp200 is the only one I would consider leaving uncovered, there are videos on the differences
The fire block foam burns very well. I took a new, fully dried piece and lit it on fire with a match. I don't know how its supposed to block flame when its combustible.
@@RemoteCamperits not fire proof, as you found. It's used to close off penetrations in firewalls where pipes, ducts, and wires need to be run to prevent airflow, primarily to stop smoke movement to give occupants more time to escape, but may also slow the spread of fire by closing off a source of additional oxygen. It's orange so an inspector can easily see it's been applied to penetrations, rather than blending in like the white, ivory, or grey normal colors would.
My dad and I did a test once with great stuff. We made a pretend wall section with one side of Sheetrock backed with plastic. Great stuff will not cure in the absence of either air or water. It was still liquid two weeks later. Only some of the edges had dried/cured.
What surprised me, and has for years, is the fact that they have 5 products when in reality could probably do with 2.
Would be interested to see what pressure is applied to the walls.
P=mgA
If they sprayed a full can, you just need the height that it crawled up the wall and the net weight of the can. Shouldn't be a lot of pressure since the density is so low. If there's an airtight wall cavity, that's another story and the pressure can get much higher.
@@eshellef It doesn't need an airtight cavity to bow/ crack drywall or stucco.
Now, if say 1" holes were drilled every foot vertically, in every stud bay, and each hole was used to gauge coverage, as well as being used as a site for injection, that might mitigate problems with expansion.
Might...
@@williamevans6522if you look carefully you will see the "this is a demonstration dont do this sign they put on screem
Great Stuff needs to make a foam that encompasses all of those features.
That's literally impossible.
Nice test... especially the explanation of the each windows final result and the best stuff to buy revealed
Never heard of fireblock, so that's cool!
I looked at the normal vs fire block. The ingredients are the same. The only difference I could see is one is dyed. Care to comment, great stuff?
Where is the test?
That foam can pop the drywall loose on an old wall. I will bet that back board isn't drywall
Useless video!
The only thing that surprised me is that they haven't found a way to combine the benefits of the pest block and the fire retarding ones with the others. Both of those are such valuable features
I don't often dislike a video but I'll hand it to you.
Thank you for the comparisons
as a drywaller who has been thrust into the re-modeling trade this will come in handy
You can't inject like this into walls it it runs out of space to grow it will pop the drywall off the wall and finish expanding. it expands it will make room if there isn't any
@@donaldliverance2597: My best response is you are wrong, do a bit of research
there are many types
these are not made for that according to the manufacturer
"Big gap filler" was my nickname in college.
😂
I just spit out beer on this. Nicely done.
When gutting and re-insulated our old 1912 two story beauty of a house, we used probably 200 cans of spray foam. I foamed every crack, space, joint, junction and hole throughout the entire house. I am about half way through insulating and we don't even need to turn on the natural gas heater. Net zero and powered by renewables here we come.
Just wait a few years and you’ll be replacing structure due do moisture not being able to the cavities rot
@davidanderson1074 This is why I installed vertical lathe from top to bottom in every wall bay on both floors between the studs for an air circulation cavity to keep everything dry and preserved. It gets -50C here in the winter.
Yeah I've used all of this on multiple occasions I've even used the stuff to seal up around a stovepipe that was very loose coming out of my roof of my trailer that I used to have before I moved from it it never gave a leak know nothing I didn't even have to put extra metal around nothing to make it helped seal to keep from water coming in it this stuff is amazing
I use it a lot and love it!
For what purpose may I ask?
@@Dasani_water_drinker I’m a handyman & remodeler by trade along with remodeling our own house. I’ve used it to fill gaps where top floor meets concrete basement walls for one example. Really keeps mice out when I install metal window screening then the foam. Mice won’t chew on metal screening. Foam keeps other little crawlies out.
@@lisalibeer7824 thanks for the tip! I might go buy a can
I like your rig but this test was executed poorly if you were trying to measure expansion. You should have marked a line at 12 (or however many) inches across all of the sections and filled each compartment with foam up to just the line instead of spraying for any “approximate” or even exact amount of time.
I would have liked it better if he had used an entire can of each into a measured space. That way we could see which version will fill the most space. Also, his camera work sucked. He should have taken just a little bit more time on each fill, and a lot more time on the final product.
😂so in your experiment, you would spray an expanding foam into a crevice, until it filled to a designated spot. And you would use those results as your conclusion eh? 😂 its an expanding foam... How would you know you sprayed the same amount in each crevice?
@@WonkaWillE No. All of them cost about the same but it looks like the fire-block fills a lot more space. I would make the spaces larger and put measurements on them. Then use an entire can of each type.
@@Mike-yc7jc lol i was replying to the post not your comment bud
@@WonkaWillE hard to tell with this format.
Honestly, I currently don't have a single use for them....yet I find myself wanting to go to my local home Depot and buy cases upon cases just to spray them. The expanding qualities were satisfying
I would like to mention one thing about the window and door foam that is specifically formulated to not expand to far so you do not distort the windows and doors when you are installing
good info, thank you
really?.. you saw his results then?... what did he say ?... he never told any other person but you.
I learned that it doesn't really matter which type of great stuff you use
The thing that surpriced me the most is that i watched till the end
What about the pro grade? It expands much more than the others. I was hoping to see it perform
What are their R values?
It says R3.7 per inch on Home Depot's website
@@ahstarfish Thank you
It's a great product for certain applications. However it is also a sponge and will wick moisture too.
Not true
@robertswaine6096 ahh. That makes a difference. I apologize and I was wrong on that foam used in the video.
The ending looks like all the stages a grower goes through.
Why is everyone complaining about not seeing the results? You do realise you’re on CZcams SHORTS? Right? It’s designed to be short and quick.
I use the fire stop around electrical stuff like ceiling boxes in old homes, critter block on outside stuff and whatever is cheap on inside stuff
And the end was a perfect suspense, just like in the movies. 👍👍
That former, memories...
I got my foam from a Marina, it was ment for pontoons, then got some packing peanuts from the recycling place (100gal) , and i mixed up a bunch of giant Rice crispy treets to insulate my garage for $20 (now the pontoon kit costs $68)
Like the fact that you guys have an insects and critters foam. Living in the bush, I would like to start trying that type. Thanks for the video.
I can see what you have there is certainly expanding foam of different colours. well done.
Its what i used to fill in my golf cart body repairs... works great.
Roughly
Gaps and Cracks- Over the 4th screw
Window and Door- At the 3rd screw
Pest Block- Half way up to the 4th screw
Pond and Stone- Over the 3rd screw
Fireblock- A smidge above the 3rd screw
Big Gap Filler- Half way past the 3rd screw
Only thing that surprised me is how much I liked lookin at it after
This is a Project Farm grade post.
Manufacturers should be doing this for the consumer.
Very nice, good demonstration 👍
The amount that fire block fomax experiences amazing
Im so glad that it’s pest of side free. Phew!
Yes, I was surprised. I didn't even know there was a "Pond and Stone" foam.
Awesome test !!👍🏼. Not sure if up your alley, but it would be interesting to measure (toxic) off-gassing too if experiment is still avail.
It’s actually great stuff, I use can #1 all the time in construction, and not to mention very competitively priced 👍, my #1 choice!
I don't think I'd mind hurting bees if they were IN MY WALLS!
I used gap filler to silence some trunk rattle in a 92/94 Bonneville. Bowed the fuck out of the cross bars that gave it support but that beat hit clean AF.
My parents used aerogel sheet for the insulation on there home in Texas. The thermal insulation is insane. The man who sold them on it used a flame thrower on one side while touching the other side.
"you don't have to worry about hurting bees because it's pesticide free!", fast forward to the whole bee hive getting swallowed by this foam 😂
Thanks for sharing this 👍
Looks good. I haven't seen every one of these foams.
I loved that he used different companies for an unbias result.
This reminds me of when I used to fill up my soda with all the stuff they had on tap
The real gun is awesome
Another tool I can't imagine life without.
This was an excellent test, for those that dont want to see the results.......
In Australia we only have one choice that makes it easy
Thank you for sharing thus dude
I like the orange one❤
Great thanks for doing that. Now can you show how much an entire can can fill a volume of space. And which can can I use to fill my lawn tractor tire, so I don’t have to inflate it anymore!
They add some dye to it and slap a specific use for it on the can. It’s foam, it expands.
Extremely surprised that not one of them leaked all over everything, and they ran for a full minute without losing all the propellant.
Thanks for the video 👍✌
Weirdly perfect seeing this. Was wondering if I cared to use the "big gap" foam under the sheets for finishing a basement floor
I would have loked to see the 1) same volume of foam dispensed from each can, 2) comparison the max expansion of each, 3) how much each one shrank from the max expansion once fully cured, 4) open the form and check if each of them were fully cured, even in the middle, 5) how strong/weak each one was.
Which would be best for molding and layering a hide for my bearded dragon?
🎉 thank you for the demonstration bro... Now it's only if I can remember which one does what... JJ.. Jonjon...😊😊
Awesome science experiment I am honestly surprised that you're not rip the plastic off of your display I have seen that stuff push an exterior wall out to create a bulge
It had room to grow up so it didn't need to pop the plastic iv seem concrete break from poorly applied spray foam
I won a texas science experiment doing exactly this. Even proved my hypothesis 😊
Yup. Different colours. Wow.
Which one would you consider best for making props from, and could I make a house out of the fireproof stuff? Granted it’d look like a pile of foam before I carved it out and sanded and painted it, but could you make a tiny home out of the fireproof foam alone? Say one room, then maybe coat it with bed liner? Or like, a camper?
So we use all of them in our homes cause we want all of the results ... got ya! 😅
I use this Stuff all the time but not sure what to look for on this example?
Thanks for showing me new kinds of great stuff
"We added a different food coloring to 6 identical cans of our product, re-labled each of them, and charge more based on which color we can talk you into buying! Are YOU surprised with the results??"