Who is Good Life Energy Savers?

Good Life Energy Savers is proud to be an exclusive dealer and certified installer of Tripolymer® Wall Foam insulation and believe it to be the most effective retrofit insulation available in the market today. The US Department of Energy estimates that 80% of homes built prior to 1980, have little or no insulation. Increasing insulation is estimated to be the number one way to increase energy efficiency.

Good Life Energy Savers is a licensed and insured insulation contractor, specializing in residential retrofit insulation, to provide comfort, savings and energy efficiency to homeowners year-round. Our goal is to create a thermal boundary to separate the conditioned space in your home (spaces that are heated and cooled) from unconditioned spaces, (i.e. the outdoors, unfinished basements, attics, garages and other areas that are not typically heated and cooled).

Good Life Energy Savers provides complete retrofit insulation services to create and maintain the entire thermal boundary, within your home’s “building envelope”. Therefore, our services include loose-fill blown in-cellulose insulation for attic applications, and spray foam insulation of crawl spaces, rim joists and sill plates within the home to provide an improved air sealing.

What is Tripolymer® Wall Foam?

Tripolymer® Wall Foam insulation is a hybrid belonging to one of the oldest groups of synthetically produced thermosetting plastics. These materials are well-known for their durability, structural integrity, and extraordinary fire resistance. They are used in electronics, automobiles, fire-proof coatings, tools, and thousands of other commercial and household items. When made into foam insulation, they are one of the safest and most efficient thermal and acoustical insulation products available.

Tripolymer® Wall Foam has been around for over 30 years, originally developed for and used in the NASA program. It has been refined and improved over the years through a grant with the US Department of Energy. Tripolymer® Wall Foam is made in the USA. It is an Energy Star qualified insulation product, and is certified by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.

Is Tripolymer® Foam a Urea-Formaldehyde Product?

No. Tripolymer® Wall Foam is a unique phenolic product, and is not a urea formaldehyde based product.

How is Tripolymer® better than other insulation products?

Tripolymer® is much more effective than traditional insulation products, because the foam insulation is injected and fills each cavity, crack, and void to create a thermal boundary. It does not burn, settle, or disintegrate like other insulation products. Both fiberglass and cellulose are settling materials, they cannot seal from stud to stud or around outlets. Tripolymer wall foam has a 34% higher

R Value (resistance to the passage of heat), than cellulose, so it is much more effective to use in wall insulation. In addition, fiberglass and cellulose can lose their insulation value, if water or moisture invades the wall cavity. Tripolymer® creates an air-tight seal in the wall, so it becomes an air and moisture barrier. Being an inert substance, it does not support mold growth.

How is Tripolymer® Wall Foam installed?

Tripolymer® Wall Foam is installed by Good Life Energy Saver’s Certified and Trained Installers. The Certified Installer removes some siding/shingles, and injects the foam into the wall cavities or drills in the mortar between bricks from the outside of the home. Tripolymer® can be injected into the cavity through holes drilled from the outside of the house. In special situations, Tripolymer® wall foam can be installed from the home’s interior.

Once injected, the installers replace the siding/shingles or fill in the mortar between bricks. Our goal is to leave your home in the same condition as we found it. We will remove debris and clean inside and out, and have a final walk-through with you, upon the completion of the job.

How much heat is lost through my walls, windows, and doors?

Typically, the proportion of the total amount of heat loss is estimated to be approximately 50% through side walls (due to air leakage), 25% through ceilings and attics, and 25% through windows and doors.

Can I install Tripolymer® Wall Foam myself?

No. It takes a certified, trained professional to install Tripolymer® Wall Foam because of the sophisticated equipment needed to install it properly. Good Life Energy Savers trains and certifies all its installers in accordance with Tripolymer’s® rigid installation and certification requirements, to maintain its authorized dealer status and ensure quality installation of this superior product.

What if I already have some insulation in my walls?

The other great benefit of using Tripolymer® injection wall foam is that it can be injected into walls that have underperforming insulation. It will completely encapsulate old fiberglass batt insulation or other insulation products, that you may already have in your walls that are not performing. It provides a complete seal, and does not settle or deteriorate like fiberglass or cellulose insulation. Play our installation video to see how this works.

How long does Tripolymer® Wall Foam take to cure?

When Good Life’s Certified installers inject Tripolymer® Wall Foam, it goes from liquid to foam (like shaving cream) in seconds. It quickly hardens after a few minutes. It completely cures within a few days.

How does an installer know when my wall is full?

Pressure and temperature gauges in our equipment are used throughout the installation progress. As the empty cavity becomes completely filled, a small amount of back pressure is produced. Once this pressure reaches a point, as monitored through the gauges, the installer stops the injection and proceeds to the next access hole. In addition, an experienced installer knows the time it takes to fill a specific size and shape cavity. If the pressure reaches the completed level before the normal fill time has elapsed, a blockage may have occurred, and additional access holes are drilled above or below the blockage. Our installers are trained and certified installers of Tripolymer® wall foam.

Does Tripolymer® Foam emit any toxic gasses?

Is Tripolymer® Foam fire resistant or retardant?

Yes. Tripolymer® Foam has been subjected to all applicable fire tests in redundancy in order to obtain the most accurate profile possible, and has performed in every case with astounding results. It can actually improve the fire ratings of a wall system.

Tripolymer® Foam has a flame spread of 10, and its smoke development is 0. For those reasons, it is a Class 1-rated material against fires and does not emit hazardous gasses when exposed to heat or fire. This is the highest rating an insulation product can receive for residential and commercial applications.

Tripolymer® Foam does not melt or vaporize like other foam insulation materials when subjected to the ASTM E-119 testing. Because of it's unparalleled fire resistance, Tripolymer® Foam has been approved by many state and local building and fire departments as the only foam-in-place insulation product to be used to increase fire ratings on existing non-compliant wall systems.

Is Tripolymer® corrosive?

No. Unlike urea formaldehyde type foams that rely on strong mineral acids for setting and final curing, Tripolymer® Foam, polymerized by using synthetic cross linking compounds, producing a self-neutralizing, non-corrosive foam product.

Does Tripolymer® Foam cause problems with insects or rodents?

No. There is no food or nutritional value in Tripolymer® Foam. It is an enert substance, and is pest resistant.

Can Tripolymer® be used to reduce noise through walls and ceilings?

Yes. Tripolymer® Wall Foam has an STC rating of 53 in a standard wood frame 2 by 4 wall, with a single layer of gypsum board on either side. It is estimated to reduce noise by 80%.

Does Tripolymer® Wall Foam expand after it is installed?

No. Unlike polyurethane which expands anywhere from 20 to 100 times its original liquid volume, Tripolymer® is totally expanded once it leaves the installation equipment. No further expansion occurs after it has been installed.

How long does the Tripolymer® Wall Foam installation take?

Typically, we can install the wall foam in all of your perimeter walls in 1 – 2 days.

What is the anticipated energy savings from Tripolymer® Wall Foam?

Typically, energy savings are up to 30 to 50% of your energy costs. Unlike most investments in your home, the savings from insulating your walls will actually pay for the investment, over a three to four year period. See our SAVINGS CALCULATOR to see some examples of savings and payback on investment.