Insulation: Your opinions on "Icynene" foam

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by Christophe » 25/07/15, 15:50

Korben Dallas wrote:Still, the PU has an excellent performance in insulation, one of the best products I think.


Yes and its variant / evolution PIR (polyisocyanurate) is even better, I put in 2012, lambda: 0.023

Some pictures of my "site":

https://www.econologie.com/forums/retour-d-e ... 12146.html

https://www.econologie.com/forums/isolation- ... 12195.html

Korben Dallas wrote:Afterwards, I am not sure of the long term resistance of this type of insulation, it seems to "cook" and deteriorate in the long term.


Uh what do you mean by "cook"?

PU / PIR is one of the most "resistant" insulators, very good resistance to humidity for example (Achilles heel of a lot of wool or loose insulation) ...

It is the UV that degrades PU / PIR the most ... and possible rodents ...

The big defect of this type of insulation that I see is the spread of fire and smoke pollution! Better not to be around if one day it burns ...
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