Insulated Osb Roof Sheathing

Osb sheathing 15 32 cat ps2 10 osb sheathing application as 4 x 8.

Insulated osb roof sheathing.

Some specialist products with a surface coating are used for non structural applications such as site hoarding giving an extended service life. This reflection insulation also has high mechanical properties making it perfect for load bearing applications in construction. The osb techshield radiant barrier osb is engineered to improve energy efficiency. It reduces attic temperatures by up to 30 degrees fahrenheit and it blocks up to 97 of radiant heat.

Before we put any osb sheathing up we first installed the insulation in the section we planned to sheathe. The 1 1 8 thick sheathing provides a nominal insulating value of r 6 which when added to a traditionally framed 2 x 4 wall with r 15 batt insulation achieves an r 21 wall without the added expense of 6 stud framing. Osb are used in flooring wall sheathing roof sarking packaging and furniture. It was invented by armin elmendorf in california in 1963.

The insulation went down between the roof trusses right on top of the vapor barrier above the ceiling. For pricing and availability. Thermostat 7 16 cat ps2 10 osb sheathing application as 4 x 8. For the insulation we used knauf r 49 kraft faced ecobatt insulation batts.

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