Training

If you haven’t seen the “writing on the wall” look no further than to the fiberglass manufacturers who are – at the moment – trying to get into the spray foam market as manufacturers. The fact is- it’s a different animal altogether. Fiberglass is easy to install and requires very little skills (sorry if you are a current fiberglass installer) and you need very low skills to work equipment needed to perform the install.

Spray foam insulation is a complicated system compared to fiberglass and the skill level need to work the equipment used to perform is much higher than fiberglass, and that brings us to the importance of TRAINING.

We’ve traveled around to various foam manufacturers’ “Training Centers” and were shocked at what we witnessed. To travel thousands of miles to well-established companies and find out that the only thing we left with was a certificate stating that we were “certified”, and not any real knowledge that we felt would truly benefit a contractor was not what we expected.

The agenda we put together was one that was created with the contractor in mind. We want to make sure that when you leave our training, you won’t just get certified- you’ll earn your certification by actually learning valuable information that will allow you to succeed. Lets make no mistake- you will get your real learning experience on-the-job, but we’ll help you put together a solid foundation to work off.

Meet our trainers:
Steve Shaw, F-T Services, has been spraying foam for over ten years at Foam-Tech, North Thetford VT. Foam-Tech has been around for over 25 years and its founder, Henri Fennell, is one of the most well-respected resources in the industry. Steve's approach and our goal of making sure the training we offer sets up each contractor with a solid foundation on what contractors need to know in order to be successful from safety training, the spray foam insulation - important things to know from a contractor's standpoint - hand-on training including density checks, spraying the actual foam, and working with all of the equipment, and finally sales & marketing which includes how to create a contract to protect yourself, tradeshow help we offer, how to sell the product, marketing material and more.

Most of our hands-on training is also facilitated with the help of Tim Newmeier, Northeast Equipment Specialist with Graco, who will walk you through how the equipment works while Steve may be working with another group on spraying.  Kurt Behner, Regional Manager for La Polla, is also present for technical questions on La Polla's Foam-Lok closed cell (FL2000), open cell (FL500), and roofing foams (LPA 2500, PA 2800) and coatings.

Peter Cantone, President of Spray Foam Nation, will be your host.  Lunch is included all three days. We'll go out the first night for a night on the town in New Haven, CT and the second night is a local night for dinner and drinks.

From time to time, we invite guest trainers who could be form various related fields including fire coatings, fire proofing, other equipment manufacturers, HERS Certified raters, Energy Auditors, and more.

Mobile Spray Rigs
Finance payments starting at under $1000 per month*. Our popular spray rigs include everything you will need to roll of and start a job. All of our equipment is hard-piped and clean looking so your not tripping over supply lines. Since we are located in the northeast, we insulate all rigs. You can provide the trailer or box truck if you’d like but we’d like to make sure you pick the right one to insure you have a cost effective and productive rig. We also include training, and a rental rig for three days at a discounted rate. Take a look at the three most popular blueprints: 14’ Rig, 16’ Rig, 20’ Rig. 
*Subject to credit approval.

Authorized Stocking Distributor of foam, GRACO equipment and supplies
No need to worry about the shelf life of your foam. Order as much or as little as you want. Leave the inventory to us.

La Polla’s Foam-Lok 2000 and Foam-Lok 500 is an industry leading foam touted as one of the highest yielding foams and easiest to spray by experience contractors throughout the northeast. FL2000 and FL500 come with a Limited Lifetime Warranty on its product. For those who interested in roofing foam, they offer 5, 10 and 15 year warranty on material only or material and labor. FEMA recognizes FL2000 (and all closed cell foams) as the only insulation they recommend in flood zones and hurricane regions. In fact, not only is it a Class 1 rated foam passing NFPA 286 for fire codes, but at 2” it passed the permeability test for a qualified vapor retarder.

Urethane Soy Systems Soy-Therm 50, 100 and 170, a real green product for the green people. It offers a zero carbon footprint. In fact every one pound sprayed eliminates 2.2 pounds of carbon dioxide.

GRACO fluid handling systems and equipment, safety equipment (including protective coveralls, gloves, masks, air supply, etc.), and other accessories including van, pickup truck, trailer and box truck work truck accessories are available to make sue you are working with not only the right equipment but the best equipment. All of our contractors enjoy great savings on all accessories.

See Architect or Builders sections from our home page for more technical info.

Sales & Marketing
Without the right marketing any company would struggle, but understand that marketing comes in many forms. The better we do at training you and your sales staff, the more jobs you’ll get. We’re all in this together. We’ll walk you through all the important selling features and things you’ll be asked. We’ll go over leads you get from trade shows Spray Foam Nation exhibits in, as well as La Polla & Urethane Soy Systems, plus more. Co-op advertising is also available (i.e. help pay for hats, shirts, pens, banners, etc.)