Once you decide to add a radiant barrier or reflective insulation to your project, the next logical step is finding the product that will work best for you. But shopping is a challenge because if you’re not knowledgeable about how the products work, the good things you see advertised – even if they are factual …
Introduction A reflective insulation typically performs as a system that incorporates one or more highly reflective (low emittance) surface(s) adjacent to an enclosed air space. Reflective insulations are typically installed on the outside of a duct using spacers to create an enclosed air space between the outer surface of the duct and the low emittance …
In both the United States and Canada there is significant interest in the use of reflective insulation materials in concrete floor systems. These materials typically have one or more aluminum foil surfaces and consist of flexible foam cores or cores with one or more layers of air filled bubbles (bubblepack). The most common concrete floor …