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**Web site: www.demilecusa.com**  **· E-mail: info@demilecusa.com** For Immediate Release July 20, 2011



## SEAL ECTION ® 

## 500 IN CHANNEL 9 NEWS ORLANDO, FL

DEMILEC USA wants to take this opportunity to corre ct some misleading statements from a recent story regarding the spray foam industry and our SEAL ECTION ® 500 product.

First and foremost, several spray polyurethane indu stry groups have been working to develop safe use and handling guidelines and protocol at the request of the EPA. This work predates this complaint and is unrelated, as it primarily addresses safety protoco l for industry personnel during application and consumer guidance for do-it-yourself spray foam kit s.

Additionally, open-cell spray foam is water-blown w ith no CFCs, HCFCs or formaldehyde and

SEAL ECTION ® 500 is not new to the industry, as it has a 20 yea r history in the construction market. Furthermore, based on toxicological assessment, SEAL ECTION ® 500 completes its off-gassing within a few hours of application and DEMILEC USA maintains a 24 hour re-occupancy guideline. Also,

SEAL ECTION ® 500 is recognized by the National Association of H ome Builder’s Research Center as a Green Approved product.

In relation to the homeowners involved with this ne ws story, after multiple site visits by DEMILEC USA personnel, DEMILEC USA contracted the services of a third-party indoor environmental consultant to conduct a full site investigation. Hi s first visit included an initial indoor environmen tal measurement, including particulate matter and VOCs. He explained to the homeowners, this initial

measurement is a baseline method and does not ident ify the individual components in the air. After the initial visit, all parties involved (the consultant , DEMILEC USA and the homeowners) agreed upon an action plan that included completion of the thermal envelope, using spray foam, to be followed by complete indoor air quality testing. It was identified by DEMILEC USA and the consultant that a kneewall was required to separate the garage from the s emi-conditioned attic, for both thermal performance and to prevent chemicals or other contaminants from being drawn into the conditioned space from the

garage.

When the consultant returned to perform the schedul ed air quality testing, the homeowners identified that the air quality measurements would be compromi sed due to their own “venting” and “filtration” efforts, therefore no analysis conducted. Later we were informed that the homeowners had conducted their own indoor air quality analysis.

Due to our scheduled monitoring being cancelled, we continued to contact the homeowners, offering air quality analysis by our consultant, requesting to r eview their findings and offering to have our consu ltant**2925 G ALLERIA**  **DRIVE ARLINGTON TX 76011**  **PHONE :**  **(817) 640-4900 F**  **AX: (817) 633-2000** 

**Web site: www.demilecusa.com**  **· E-mail: info@demilecusa.com** speak with their consultant about the results, to n o avail. In the end, the homeowners chose not to wo rk

with us or allow our consultant to assist in determ ining the source of the problem.

The unfortunate part of not being allowed to run co nclusive testing is that the homeowner may never know the cause of their problem. While we are confi dent that the spray foam did not cause this issue, the creation of a sealed attic space reduces ventilatio n and may have helped to identify a pre-existing condition that is unrelated to the spray foam. Addi tionally, considering the foam could have easily be en removed with no damage to the structure, the remova l of their roof is an exaggerated approach with inflated costs that were unnecessary.

DEMILEC USA stands behind our product SEAL ECTION ® 500, which has been manufactured for over 20 years and has been used to insulate hundreds of thousands of buildings across the world. This produ ct is listed by ICC-ES and is manufactured under the s tringent quality assurance program of Warnock Hersey.

Guidelines and recommendations for spray applied po lyurethane foam can be found on the following

websites:

DEMILEC USA, www.demilecusa.com

American Chemistry Council, http://spraypolyurethane.org/Main-Menu-Category/Pro fessionalContractors/Health-and-Safety-Guidance/default.aspx

Dave Lall

CEO DEMILEC (USA) LLC ®