Spray Foam Removal in Newnham Bridge

Spray Foam Holding Up a Sale?

Spray foam in a loft can hold up a sale or a remortgage in Newnham Bridge, because lenders and surveyors cannot see the timbers behind it. We remove the foam from the rafters and the underside of the roof so the structure can be inspected.

Plenty of homes had spray foam put on the underside of the roof, often sold as an answer to draughts or slipping tiles. Once applied, it hides the rafters, battens and underside of the tiles, so nobody can inspect them, and on some roofs it holds moisture against the timber. Many mortgage lenders and equity release providers now decline or delay lending on homes with it, and surveyors routinely flag it, which can stall a sale at the last stage.

Removing it is slow, careful work done from inside the loft. We protect the house below, then cut and scrape the foam off the rafters, battens and tiles by hand, bag it and take it away. Closed cell foam bonds hard to whatever it touches, so on some roofs a few tiles or battens have to be replaced where the foam will not come away cleanly.