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Step-by-step guides from the iFoam team for jobs you can do with foam and rubber. Each guide covers which material to use, how to cut and fit it, and the mistakes that cost time on site. Start with installing IBR roof closures or choosing between PE and EVA foam, then contact your nearest branch in Cape Town or Durban for a quote on the material.

How to Insulate a Bakkie Canopy with Closed Cell Foam

PE closed-cell foam sheet

To insulate a bakkie canopy, line the inside panels with closed cell foam sheet, cut from cardboard templates and bonded with contact adhesive. Closed cell foam does not soak up water, so it stops the roof sweating without turning into a wet sponge. iFoam cuts closed cell PE and EVA foam sheet to size at […]

How to Install IBR Roof Closures

Foam roof closure strips for building and construction

Roof closures are the shaped foam or rubber strips that fill the gap between a profiled roof sheet and the purlin, ridge or flashing it meets. On an IBR profile that gap is a repeating run of trapezoidal openings, and every one of them is an invitation to wind driven rain, dust, insects and birds. […]