Spray Foam United States

Industry-leading Designs for Multi-family Construction

BASF leads the US region in comprehensive, UL hourly fire-resistance rated assemblies, using spray foam in exterior walls, partition walls and floor-ceiling areas. Learn how these multi-attribute products can provide many features and benefits, allowing cost savings and efficiency gains in multi-dwelling unit projects.

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Multi-family Construction

Spray Foam United States

Multi-family Construction

BASF has an all encompassing offering of applications and testing for building code compliance, that allow the complete building envelope usage of spray foam insulation for the multi-dwelling unit housing market. This includes interior partition wall assembly approvals as well as floor and ceiling assemblies that can be used where hourly-rated designs are required.

For challenging partition wall designs, BASF ENERTITE® is a spray foam insulating air barrier that can provide an effective air seal for odor, pest and sound control, providing comfort to occupants while managing fire separation requirements with multiple 2-hour UL-rated party wall designs, and 1-hour UL-rated floor assembly designs.  BASF spray foams can also help ease compliance with increasingly stringent blower door testing, helping prove it's contribution to efficiency improvements in residential and commercial construction.

Testing & Certifications

  
UL 263 Fire-Resistance Rated Building Construction Materials  1 to 2-hour, load-bearing and non load-bearing assemblies
ICC 1100 Standard for Spray Foams (Basic Code Compliance) ICC-ESR 3102 & CCRR-1032 Evaluation and Code Compliance Reports for ENERTITE Series open-cell spray foams
UL GREENGUARD Emissions CertificationQualified, with GREENGUARD Gold Certified
ASTM E90 Airborne Sound Transmission Loss in Building PartitionsSound Transmission Coefficient (STC) of 57+

PROJECT PROFILE: Multi-Family Construction using ENERTITE® Open-cell Spray Foam Insulation

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Learn more about the ENERTITE open-cell spray foam system highlighted in these unit separation wall designs.

Construction with BASF open-cell spray polyurethane foam applied
ENERTITE®

ENERTITE® is a low-density, open-cell spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation that provides air sealing, sound absorption and thermal insulation, allowing you to better control your indoor environment and create more energy efficient, comfortable and healthier homes and buildings. Applied as a liquid, this water-blown foam quickly expands to many times its original size, completely filling wall and roof cavities.  ENERTITE® easily seals difficult-to-reach areas such as corners and around pipes and wiring to create a seamless seal against air movement.
  1. Learn more about ENERTITE®