I am curious if when building a house if you could reduce energy efficiency by determinig what direction the wind blows the most and adding extra insulation on that wall. An example would be to make the wall that faces the direction with the most wind a 2×6 wall with insulation to match and the [...]
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Tags: building a house, energy efficiency, foam insulation, inch foam, sheathing, waste of money
Will spaying foam insulation to the underside of a roof deck cause problems with the adhesives in plywood and OSB? Being that this could cause the plywood to stay near 200 degrees during a summer day i’m beginning to wonder if it’s possible that the plywood would become un-glued or delaminate.
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Tags: adhesives, foam insulation, osb, plywood, roof deck
I have a polyurethane foam insulation gun like this: http://www.conservationtechnology.com/images/Building/SealantsGun+Foam.gif I left the insulation can attached to it for months and the foam dried up inside of the barrel. Is there a way I can clear it out or is the gun trash now?
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for oven OT 100 deg.c rockwool 150 mmof 128 kg/m3 density has been recommended. if i use 75mm in two layers instead of 150 mm single layer, any technical difference, how.
Continue Reading Any tech difference if i use 2 layers of75mm thick rockwool instead of 150 mm 1 layer in oven hot insulation?
Tags: deg c, density, single layer
I put foam insulation in the cracks around my windows a few months ago,but what’s a way that I can get it off without damaging my windows? I peeled some of the foam bubble that formed but there’s still residue left on the window.
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Should I still us a poly sheeting over the inside wall? (Using foam sheets, not expanding/sprayed foam) insulation with a poly sheeting or kraft faced fiberglass? Which would you recommend?
Continue Reading If I use foam insulation in the exterior walls do I need a vapor barrier?
Tags: fiberglass, foam insulation, foam sheets, poly sheeting
My dog has a habit of scratching at the outside door and has scratched away some of the foam insuation between the door and the door jam. There is a thin layer of this foam looking stuff all around the door jam with a metal guard. It’s about an inch or so wide. Now that [...]
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We have a two-story, 2,000sqf home, 1950′s, and judging by the draft coming through all of the electrical outlets, door jams, corner cracks, etc, I don’t think there’s any insulation left in it. I know how to take care of the outlets, but I’ve heard about the foam being blown in by a contractor. How [...]
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Tags: cracks, electrical outlets, holes, insulation
