There is no doubt that the rigid foam insulation boards you’re installing work. To see evidence, all you have to do is take a modern picnic cooler to a tailgate party. Those coolers typically ...

More commonly used to insulate walls in living spaces than attics, rigid board insulation is made from polyisocyanurate or polyiso, extruded polystyrene (XPS) or expanded polystyrene (EPS).

Insulation boards are rigid boards or sheets made of foamed polystyrene, polyurethane, polyisocyanurate, or gypsum. Their rigid, closed-cell structures provide better insulation compared to ...

However, if you use a rigid foam board that has a vapor barrier of some kind on the outside, this can cause problems because you’ll be sandwiching the insulation between two vapor barriers ...

Insulating and air sealing are effective ways to reduce the carbon footprints of homes and other buildings, and rigid foam panels ... led R&D for the firm’s insulation and roofing business.

In this video, we address the issue of mice in the cabin walls and ceiling, which have been damaging insulation and disrupting sleep. The process involves removing insulation from the east gable end, ...

fibreglass and minerwool batts in walls and rigid insulation boards, such as polystyrene, over the outside of exterior walls. Spray foam insulation is ideal for difficult locations where batts ...

“However, we are finding that a 1% overall gap between rigid insulation boards can reduce energy efficiency by 10%,” he says. “Since the spray-on insulation eliminates seams, the payback is nearly ...