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Insulating
« on: December 15, 2005, 07:17:08 AM »
What's the insulating in houses made of?
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Re:Insulating
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2005, 09:23:32 AM »
Some are made of PVC. Polyuretane is also quite common. No idea of other examples, though.  :P

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Re:Insulating
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2005, 09:37:16 AM »
A great, great, great deal of it is made out of fiberglass.
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Re:Insulating
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2005, 09:48:52 AM »
The big slabs which line lofts are made out of 'rockwool'.  This is mineral rock turned into wool!


They have molten mineral rock which gets dripped onto spinners which project the melt through the air.  It cools into long fibres which get pressed down into what they call rockwool.  





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Re:Insulating
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2005, 10:12:16 AM »
What's the insulating in houses made of?

Styrofoam (apart from other mentioned).
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Re:Insulating
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2005, 05:22:47 PM »
there is a specific kind of foam that is being used in modern development, do not recall what it called, but maybe someone else does, but you apply it and it will actually expand filling all the space, has a great efficiency as insulation material for a home, but i heard that its quite a bit expensive.
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Re:Insulating
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2005, 05:48:34 PM »
there is a specific kind of foam that is being used in modern development, do not recall what it called, but maybe someone else does, but you apply it and it will actually expand filling all the space, has a great efficiency as insulation material for a home, but i heard that its quite a bit expensive.

That's how polyuretanes behave, And they are too expensive just for the whole building insulation, thus they are rather used to insulate widnows and doors when mounting.
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Re:Insulating
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2005, 06:51:09 PM »
Thank you everyone.
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