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- From: pngai@adobe.com (Phil Ngai)
- Subject: Re: R-values
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.193225.10623@adobe.com>
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
- Organization: Adobe Systems Incorporated
- References: <1992Nov12.155202.17035@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1992Nov13.062141.2776@adobe.com> <1992Nov13.211259.24571@philabs.philips.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 19:32:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.211259.24571@philabs.philips.com> mja@philabs.philips.com (Michael Amato) writes:
- >This information is very interesting. I figured the R-19 they sell would not
- >be R-19 in my walls. This is why I bought and would recomend 5.5" R-21 insulation
- >for 2x6 framing.
-
- R-21 for 2x6 is what Mr. Pink calls "higher-density" product. They
- have several offerings of this type. R-13 and R-15 for 2x4, the one
- you mention, and some others in the brochure I saw.
-
- >I don't know about the cost of R-13, but for the R-21 the price increase over
- >R-19 (->R-18) for the same square footage was not that much. I am insulating
-
- Sure, relative to the cost of remodeling, the price of the insulation
- alone is a very good value.
-
- >OK. So now how much R-value do I lose when I put in rafter vents and lose
- >about 1" of the 9.5" for the R-30 insulation? From you numbers above
- >
- >5.5" -> 6.25" causes R-19 -> R-18
-
- The other way around.
-
- >9.5*5.5/6.25=8.36, which is about what is left after the vent is installed.
- >
- >Then (R-30)*(R-18)/(R-19)= R-28.42?
-
- I haven't checked your numbers, I'd go with the R-value/inch factors
- I gave in my first posting.
-
- --
- My opinions are my own.
-