Sentences with phrase «insulating sheathing»

The key to this assembly is the use of a Class I vapor retarder insulating sheathing at the underside of the floor framing protecting the floor frame assembly.

One - inch foil - faced polyisocyanurate is installed as insulating sheathing on the walls.

However, double - stud walls have a higher risk of interior - sourced condensation moisture damage compared to high - R approaches using exterior insulating sheathing.

In order for the house to be flood - recoverable, another important goal of the project, insulation materials were chosen that would not be damaged in a flood and would be able to be cleaned in place after a flooding event; both spray foam insulation and polyisocyanurate insulating sheathing have these characteristics.

Control of condensing surface temperatures typically involves the installation of insulating sheathing above the roof deck.

In cold climates, insulating sheathing must be added exterior to the roof sheathing to prevent condensation on the underside of the roof sheathing.

Mineral fiber insulating sheathing can provide enhanced moisture durability for the exterior enclosure.

This Measure Guideline describes a high performance enclosure retrofit package that uses mineral fiber insulating sheathing.

Advanced framing (see BSC 2010 Advanced Framing fro details) and insulating sheathing can make significant reductions in thermal bridging and thus increase thermal resistance without increasing «installed» R - value.

The slow speed of spikes (they travel about one foot per second in axons that lack the insulating sheathing called myelin) is one hundred - millionth the speed of signal transmission in digital computers.

Insulated sheathing can be installed in the form of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) with approximately R - 4 per inch, Extruded Polystyrene (XPS) with R - 5 per inch or Polyisocyanurate (PIC) with approximately R - 6 per inch.

Timusk, J. and Lischkoff, J., Moisture and Thermal Aspects of Insulated Sheathings», Proc.

Impermeable insulating sheathings can be effectively utilized with this technique [11].

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In vertebrates, the axons of many neurons are sheathed in myelin, which is formed by either of two types of glial cells: Schwann cells ensheathing peripheral neurons and oligodendrocytes insulating those of the central nervous system.

In both types of MS, immune system cells attack and strip away myelin, the fatty protective sheathing that insulates nerve cells.

When you do it by making the walls thicker, you also change the ability of an assembly to deal with moisture because the sheathing stays colder in winter, an issue that painters discovered back in the early days of insulating homes when walls stayed wet and paint peeled off.

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The exterior (2x10) wall would be insulated with rockwool, and sheathed with oriented strand board.

We have to build the system upside down to install the TTD sheathing, then flip it over, to insulate the floor system with the Ultra Soft Touch (cotton — shredded blue jeans), then install the vapor barrier and the plywood subfloor.

You've spent what feels like countless weeks framing, sheathing, insulating, roofing, and trimming your tiny house and you have finally reached the most fun stage in any construction project: decorating and installing appliances!!

Architects: Gresford Architects Project Manager: Trunk Low Energy Building Passive house certifier: Warm Timber frame: MBC Timber Frame Insulated foundations: KORE Structural engineer: Tanner Structural Design Glazing: Ideal Combi MVHR: Green Building Store General fit out & contractor: Husker Ltd Electric contractor: Nightingale Electrical Building society: Ecology Building Society Thermal bridge assessor: Passivate M&E consultant: Crofton Landscape architect: New British Landscapes Airtightness products: Siga Roofing membrane: Partel OSB & sheathing boards: Coillte Panel Products Wall & roof insulation: Springvale EPS Mineral wool insulation: Knauf Thermal blocks: Foamglas