What is the best Insulation? (Part 1)
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- Опубліковано 12 гру 2021
- In this week's video builder Jake Bruton is joined by Steve Reimer of Insul USA to talk insulation types and applications.
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rockwool is the best for me, i did my own test, this staff dont burn and is water repellent, i bought a 62 year old house, i'm updating with rockwoolI, put it on the inside walls too, this keep the rooms very quiet
Rockwool is bad for your health
Excellent info. So thorough and professional. Thank you both for taking the time to do this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is the most info. I’ve heard specifically on building applications. Very good!!!
ton of great info, thanks!
Thank you for all the comparisons, they're really good. I encourage you to look into the toxic aspect of the various products and the need for increasing the air exchange by up to threefold to meet indoor air quality standards. One of the other big issues OSB flooring out gassing. Any research you could share?.....
Excellent presentation. Thank you for the information much appreciated❤
Glad it was helpful!
The best insulation for a wooden hause is stone wool, it does not burn, it is used to increase fire protection.. Do not use an insulation that will burn and or when burning or melting produces toxic fumes.
The second advantage of stone wool is, that getting wet it keeps it´s shape and can dry out. It is not susceptible to critters. Otherwise it is a really good insulation in regards to heat and very good against sound.
Blown in insulation should not be used in a new house, you can close cavities after filling them.
Rockwool or similar crumbles like wet bread when water introduced. 1st thing catches fire is house finishes. If fire goes past sheetrock, you better be out of the house by then, as framing wood is dry and burns extremely well. Foam, actually has fire ratings low enough so it's not supporting fire spread
Is the gray paper mache type the least expensive and can be used in areas where there is foot traffic?
Thanks for the video! Informative and concise
Very interesting and informative thank you. I’m in zone 4 so it may not be as applicable as way down there where it’s warm
FYI, I am in Zone 4 too.
Rockwool seems to be the way to go. Iam still not sold on sprayfoam. Cost is alot more and i hear about it being mixed incorrectly causing alot of issues in homes. Id go with rockwool in a 2x6 wall and spray in cellulose in attic at this time. Plus most of your heat loss is cheap windows, doors and not enough insulation in attic since heat rises!
"mixed incorrectly" is why you hire certified installers who know how to maintain their machines. Go with the low bid and you get poor installs.
Not to mention fire safety. In our industrial machinery enclosures it’s steel stud, rock wool and fireproof plywood sheeting.
@@klaumbazswampdorf1764 certified installer means nothing, it does no warranty the job but it charges extra
Excellent video.
Glad you liked it!
i have a 12 bt 30 shead and can not get under the floor what can i put on the top of floor to
insulation
tHanks for the video. Does the poly-iso lose R value in the very cold temperatures?
Yes… a great deal…it’s great for warm or hot climates. The only place I have it in my Florida home is to insulate my west facing garage door…it does a great job keeping the temps reasonable in my garage midday
I randomly clicked on your video because I love ALL things home energy efficiency. Right when I heard Columbia, MO - I was hooked. My wife and I are trying to move to Cairo, MO very soon from here in Arizona.
Welcome home!
The tap water in Columbia MO tastes like sewage and chlorine though; I don’t know how any of the taxpayers stand for it.
Rockwool i luv this stuff
Spray foam is a garbage product that 'may' be ok in a new house designed with proper air exchange, but it is definitely not recomended for any old house. The product overinsulates the envelope and traps moisture leading to rot and mold. This is a big problem in the UK where it has been widly used and there are over 250,000 houses that are not mortgageable becaiuse lenders will not wrrite mortages on them becauise of these problems. Here in the states we are seeing the same issues and many insurers will not insure homes if this prodict is used in roofing systems. Please educate yourself to the very real problems with this product.
😅 funny because they've been using it for decades and now there's a problem? Sounds more like inexperienced people are doing the work like homeowners instead of professionals.
So your wrong ..the problem.is the home owner not updateing the home once they get the soray insulation which is a 1000 times better product
@@brentonb6855this. There are many problems that can occur if you are uneducated. If you are educated in building science and have an understanding of how the product works, it’s a phenomenal product.
That’s why there are different standards for different states/climates in every field.
Bud. SMH. You just are obviously not educated on insulation and where and when to use the proper insulation. I’m sorry but every House is different and every situation is different. It’s common sense. It’s difficult for most people to understand. Because most people don’t have common sense.
i wonder could you also use poly iso between rafters in your attic assembly. or would it make sense to add it to your external insulation? ie in addition to zip-r panel? say to create a 4" of polyiso insulation
That could probably work.
@@jake.bruton.aarow.building thanks for the reply. would also putting between rafters be of any value , or is it best as external insulation?
would have been amazing if you walked up to what you used in each section and spoke directly on why you used that product specifically in that home, great video though
Can that white fiberglass blown in insulation be use to for attic floor and hand toss in (like the cellulose grey one)?
Yes.
With rockwool do you need to install vapor barrier?
I did because it's code required where I live
Hi. Please help me determine the best insulation. I have an unheated addition. The roof is metal. The condensation forms and drips. If i put insulation, is it guaranteed to stop condensation. I live in Canada. Thank you.
Condensation is caused by the difference in the air's ability to retain water being effected by a change in temperature.
If the inside of the building is unable to touch the climate controlled air, it shouldn't be able to change the adjacent interior air's temperature and cause its water to condense from a gas into a liquid onto its surface.
There's no guarantee though unless you make the insulation 100% perfect, but it should help
Thank you very much !!! Very clear, and hepful
You are welcome!
Best? Dense Fiberglass, or Closed Cell Foam. Based on my insulation experience since 1966.
Good info and enjoyable... Surprised to hear the talk about the environment, I've just come back from the States on my first ever visit and can't believe what measures we take in Europe to help save the climate over the US... To be honest, seeing what little care there is, made me feel like not bothering at home anymore!
It is a tough envirinment to build in. Folks don’t seem to be considering the future.
I'm work in construction in the UK and what we have had changed here in the last 20 years because of an apparent climate disaster has I believe led to far inferior products but I guess there is no going back now!
Climate change is a hoax
Could you apply two layers of the poly-iso and not have a problem with the foil faces causing a vapor barrier? ( Two sheets of 1" )
tHanks again for the video!
Need to be properly glued with no air gaps between substrate and insulation to avoid condensation
Hey how are you doing today I am trying to do my shed
Have you guys every worked with Prodex insulation? Is it any good?
No.
You used the term below grade. What does that mean?
Below grade level. Meaning below soil.
This is going in my bathroom next
Just subscribed 👍
Welcome aboard!
Why no cost info given?
Because costs vary wildly across the country. It is nearly impossble to talk costs without someone screaming how expensive something is while someone else talks about “you could never get it that cheap in my market”. We try to avoid it simply because of the national pricing spectrum.
Doing just fine but confused
thanks! can be better: list all names clearly and compare its R value and price!
where is the PRODEX ?
Since we dont really do many metal buildings for residential we decided to leave it out.
Don't touch spray foam
Don't try to compress Rockwool
R 49 BATS where the hell did you live Fargo
Crazy people, spray foam does not allow for easy remodel work. Horribly annoying to work a remodel to run plumbing/hvac/electrical removal to new installs. I’d triple my estimate.
Spray foam of any kind does make renovation very tough. So does brick though. In this home we used 2” of CCSP and it was installed prior to any electric, plumbinging, of HVAC. This way nothing is captured in the foam for the sake of future renovations.
@@jake.bruton.aarow.building I’m glad you used forethought. Majority of the time everything gets encapsulated in foam. Just speaking from personal experience.
Xps has higher r value than poly iso
That isnt what the manufacturers publish. You will need to take that up with them. XPS is rated at R-5 and poly iso is R-6.
Basically we got...hmmm