Let's Talk About Insulation, Baby

Types of insulation

• Batten
• Recycled Blow in - Loose fill
• Rigid
• Composite, Pre-fab

The division of these types is as follows

• Batten : Dennis?
• Loose Fill : Devon
• Acoustical : Kyle
• Other Types : Diane
• Expandable foams : Kimbote
• Rigid : Brittany & Tristan

More details on the sub-types of these types are as follows


Batten (synthetic polymers)

• wool (animal fiber)
• glass
• blue jean

Loose Fill (blown in)

• cellulose
• cork
• hemp
• straw
• cotton

Acoustical

• recycled pop bottles
• etc
• etc

Other Types (integrative products)

• straw bale
• adobe
• sips (structural instulated panels)

Expandable Foams

• fire blocking
• weather proofing

Rigid

• all poly-extruded foam
• compressed strawboard
• EPX beadboard
• material... fiberglass rock and slag wool
• perlite
• phenolic
• polyurethane
• rigid cellular polystyrene
• polyisocyanurate
• structural insulated panels (sip)
• vacuum insulation
• natural fiber insulation
• lightweight wood fiber board
• cork
• composite?

Transcribed from Sunday's meeting's notes.