Less common of the two types of spray foam open cell is mostly used for residential and commercial insulation.
Open cell or radiant for roof.
Open cell spray foam is made of open cells that are softer and flexible with the physical structure similar to a sponge shape.
You can insulate your sloped ceiling with either open cell or closed cell spray foam.
The installation can either include ventilation under the roof deck or have no ventilation.
Contractors tend to stop at r20 since it s the thickest layer than can be installed safely and well in a single.
As an example the worst performing osb in climate zone 4 is the osb on a north facing roof insulated with open cell foam over an attic with a duct system that is fairly well sealed 4 duct leakage an attic floor which is fairly leaky 2 0 cfm50 cfa and a house with high indoor moisture production.
Even if it did its effects are small compared to insulation.
The final two options are more or less meant to be used in conjunction with one of the above options.
For professional installation plan to pay 2 000 or more.
R20 open cell foam is fine under roof decks but would not meet the r30 code minimums unless you also had r10 of rigid foam above the roof deck.
Radiant barrier paint is a scam.
Using a cool roof material on the exterior is more effective but still not sufficient.
No paint exists that meets the technical definition of a radiant barrier.
Closed cell foam while also useful in residential construction insulation is used in a variety of commercial industrial and residential applications because of the excellent strength and insulating properties described here.
Applications that typically use open cell spray foam include residential construction insulation under roof trusses for conditioned attics and as a spray foam sound insulation in media rooms etc.