Exterior Rigid Insulation Board

Continuous rigid insulation is a construction solution that provides a thermally efficient building enclosure.

Exterior rigid insulation board.

The boards are available in several thicknesses and r values. Buy 48 or more 15 18. 1 inch and 2 inch thicknesses are common. Owens corning foamular 150 1 in.

Set your store to see local availability add to cart. For a basement remodeling project consider insulating basement walls with foam board. Follow with a 2x4 frame wall and insulate it with batt insulation. Rigid insulation sheathing is made of a rigid plastic foam that is typically sold in 4 8 or 4 10 foot boards.

Rockwool comfortboard 80 is a rigid mineral wool insulation sheathing board that is non combustible water repellent fire resistant and sound absorbent. Thermax sheathing is a former product of the dow chemical company. For new construction use rigid boards to insulate slabs and the outside of foundation walls. Rigid foam sheathing is a form of insulation continuous insulation to be exact that s applied to the exterior of the building.

It is denser than eps and provides more r value with a rating of 5 per inch of thickness. This foam board insulation is the rigid pink or blue panels that can be found at home centers in many different thicknesses. In its guide to insulating sheathing bsc describes the use of exterior rigid insulation board in the enclosure assembly to act not only as insulation but also as the primary sheathing and in certain areas as the drainage plane and vapor control layer for the wall assembly see exterior sheathing profiles diagram. There are a few different types of rigid foam insulation including expanded and extruded polystyrene insulation.

Foamular 250 product data sheet pdf 1 45 mb. Comfortboard 80 exterior non structural insulation. R 5 scored square edge rigid foam board insulation sheathing model 20we view the owens corning exterior insulation 18 98 18 98. Use a premade kit for this type of project.

The glass fiber reinforcement contributes to improved fire performance and dimensional stability. This foam board insulation is available with straight or tongue and groove edges to help limit air movement. Dupont thermax ci exterior foam insulation is a rigid board insulation consisting of a glass fiber reinforced polyisocyanurate foam core faced with nominal 1 25 mil embossed blue thermoset coated aluminum on one side and 0 9 mil smooth reflective aluminum on the other. Owens corning foamular 250 extruded polystyrene xps rigid foam insulation is a closed cell highly moisture resistant rigid foam board well suited to meet the needs for a wide variety of residential and commercial construction applications.