[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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