[Greenbuilding] Dense pack cellulose

Keith Winston keith at earthsunenergy.com
Wed May 21 13:32:53 CDT 2008


The other advantage of dense-pack is strongly reduced settling problems.

Keith


Corwyn wrote:
> On May 18, 2008, at 22:34, Ken Beiser wrote:
>
>   
>> achieve the results I am after (higher R-value and less convection and 
>> moisture transport)?
>>     
>
> You will probably not achieve higher R-value.  R-value for cellulose 
> (according to Krigger and Dorsi) is highest at R-4 between 1 and 2 
> lb/ft^3. Dropping off to R-3.3 at 4 lb/ft^3.  Other benefits probably 
> make up for it though (namely reduced air infiltration and crack 
> filling).  Not sure about convection or moisture transport.
>
> Thank You Kindly,
>
> Corwyn
>
>   



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