Spray Foam Insulation in Ashdown, AR

Spray Foam Insulation in Ashdown serves the Little River County seat. Ashdown started as a farming community called Turkey Flats, then Keller; it was renamed after Judge Lawrence Alexander Byrne's mill burned to ashes, incorporated June 11, 1892, and grew quickly after the railroad arrived in 1895. It has been the county seat since 1906.

Climate

Ashdown's 1991-2020 normals list about 53.24 inches of precipitation on roughly 100 days a year and 1.8 inches of snow. Records run from 113F on August 4-5, 2011, to -10F on February 2, 1951. That is a wet climate with real cold snaps.

Housing

The 2020 census counted 4,261 residents and 1,989 housing units, 9.8 percent vacant, with a homeowner vacancy rate of 0.8 percent. The Ashdown Commercial Historic District has 32 contributing properties, and homes near it are often older, with crawl spaces and thin attic insulation.

Timber and paper

Timber is still a major industry, and a paper mill that arrived after Millwood Lake was formed in 1966 still operates. Many properties include steel shops and equipment buildings that benefit from closed-cell foam.

Lake places

If you have a cabin or second home near Millwood Lake or Millwood State Park, keep in mind that a place that sits closed up benefits from sealing and insulating to hold steadier humidity.

Arkansas code

Little River County is Climate Zone 3A on OpenEI's list. Arkansas's 2009-based code lists R-30 ceilings, R-13 walls and R-13 or R-5 continuous on crawl space walls in Zone 3.

Historic district homes

The Hunter-Coulter Museum is in a building from 1918, and homes near the Ashdown Commercial Historic District include many from the early 1900s. Those houses usually have tall ceilings, wood framing and crawl spaces, and their attics were rarely sealed. Working from the attic and underneath keeps their character intact.

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