redmesa
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House Insulation
We have a wood frame house that needs insulating. Anyone know if we can buy or order fiberglass insulation in Baja.
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DENNIS
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Home Depot carries Corning.
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What town are you in?
| Quote: | Originally posted by redmesa
We have a wood frame house that needs insulating. Anyone know if we can buy or order fiberglass insulation in Baja. |
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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redmesa
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Bahia Asuncion
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redmesa
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Oh...thank you, Dennis. We were hoping we could pick it up there.
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From practical experience I found that rigid closed cell insulation foam panels work better, way better per inch of insulation than fiberglass
padding. I did find this type of insulation in Michoacan, so it must be available in one of the larger cities. But it wasn't common, nor commonly
used. Putting 3" in the overhead, 2" in the walls, and clear polyethylene sheeting over window glass would really help in the winter, and of course
remove the window stuff for the summer. Some Infrared readings here in the last few days without insulation at 4:00PM
Concrete pad free of sunlight for 4+ hours (89F)
Interior wall on shady side of house 92F
Interior wall on sunny side of house 104F
Overhead 108F
Large rock outside of house free of sunlight for 4+ hours 86F
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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Owens Corning’s Foamular polystyrene insulation is an energy star product.....and a Green Approved by the National Association of Home Builders. We
used this product on several projects of ours. One should be able to order it through the Home depot at the "Contractor's Desk".
The payoff is fantastic......especially for use in Baja. When applying...make sure to use seam tape!
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
From practical experience I found that rigid closed cell insulation foam panels work better, way better per inch of insulation than fiberglass
padding. |
It's available here, but I'm not sure HD carries it. I know who does however.
Oddly enough, here they call it FOM [foam].
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