[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Super Therm Paint

[Corwyn]

On Mar 07, 2007, at 18:31, William Updike wrote:

> A local green building store is pitching this stuff
> and I was of course skeptical, so I appreciate all the
> input.  The owner's argument is that all batt
> insulation (glass, cotton/denim, rockwool and
> cellulose I'm assuming) loses about half of its
> R-value at as little as 1 percent humidity.

This sounds nutty.  ALL insulation is going to be in at least 1% 
relative humidity all the time.  Even deserts are much higher than 
that.  Does he perhaps mean 1% moisture content?

>  His argument then is that all batt insulation is totally
> useless with any humidity levels.  Do y'all have
> thoughts/seen studies on that?

Really, since even the driest buildings are at 20% RH or so,  this 
would mean that ALL batt insulation is useless, and since it is the 
most common form of insulation in the US, you'd think someone would 
have noticed that it didn't help by now.

Please trim your posts (that last was over 10k, for less than 1k new 
content).

Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn

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