The Barrier is an under the concrete or sub floor insulator/vapor barrier made with 3/8" extruded polystyrene and heavy duty 3 mil black polyethylene film laminated to both sides. Rolls are 4' wide x 60' long (240 square feet) x 3/8" thick.
Utility bills are common concerns with the upward spiral of energy costs. Every day there are more people and more demand on the existing energy grids.
The above photo is courtesy of Tom Callahan of Western NY. The picture displays The Barrier Insulation installed in an under the concrete, radiant floor application. There are polystyrene runners on top of the The Barrier Insulation to raise the wire reinforcement and hydronic tubing into the middle of the floor depth.
Energy conservation has moved from the extremities of our building concerns to the mainstream consciousness.
The Barrier Insulation .Com highly recommends Warmboard radiant heat floor panel system (The Barrier Insulation .Com does not distribute Warmboard, Please contact the Warmboard Representative in your area for pricing and information).
Warmboard is the most efficient conductor of radiant heat flooring systems and in combination with The Barrier Insulation is the most energy efficient way to heat the living spaces.
In the image above, a sample of The Barrier Insulation is shown in cross section under a sample of the Warmboard low mass sub floor radiant heat panel.
The Barrier may be utilized under almost any flooring material, including sub floor radiant heat panel systems like the Warmboard shown above. The Barrier can be used on top of the concrete in a retro fit application for carpet, tile, wood floors and concrete radiant floor systems when remodeling structures. You may utilize The Barrier under almost any flooring material, with or without a radiant heat flooring system to make the area more energy efficient, moisture free as well as prevent the migration of vapors like radon gas into the structure.
The Barrier is a 100% vapor and moisture barrier as well as a thermal break and is suitable for concrete, wood flooring, radiant heat flooring, radiant floors, sub floor insulation (as in Warmboard, wood floors, carpet, tile, marble, stone work etc..), concrete slab, slab on grade, under concrete, above concrete, basement wrap, snow melt systems, concrete road projects, bridging anchors, culvert, canal, pool, pond, Jacuzzi/spa, wet wall shower –steam & sauna, landscape paths & water features, driveway, warehouse, ramp, retention wall, soil stabilizer, ground void forms, asphalt roads, retrofit basements interiors and existing concrete or wood floors for moisture- vapor and thermal barriers, frost break in 4’ perimeter around structures where code requires, masonry walls that are not to be furred with wood, between floors on joists, plumbing - utilities trench and hot walls, hydroponics operations, tree farm, organics and sound barriers between floors.
The Barrier is a rolled foam board insulation of extruded expanded polystyrene foam (XPS) outstanding for radiant heat flooring systems (hydronic and electric), snow melt systems, basement wrap, frost breaks, concrete stamping, pools, spas, cool decking and much more.
The Barrier Insulation.com proposes state-of-the-art high performance green building insulation products for your structures and projects.
Being a part of this new paradigm of the energy envelope is wise and Earth friendly. We are standing by to assist you with an energy efficient solution for your next project.
(602) 690-1365
juangarcia@thebarrierinsulation.com
Being a green builder or an environmentally conscious consumer has ceased to be elective and will continue to be the focus of modern social growth concerns. If you are not currently working to make your business fit into this new paradigm of the energy envelope and conservation you are doomed to be left behind.
Florida and California are among the States leading the United States of America in energy legislation requiring efficient building envelopes for heat gain and heat loss.
Statistically the roof and floor areas of the structure are equal in exposure and should account for say 30% each of the building envelope concerns leaving 40% for the surrounding wall surfaces and fenestration (doors, windows etc.). Therefore when addressing the issues of heat loss in a structure the minimum exposure to the envelope will be 30% for the floor areas on average. If the structure has subterranean (basement) walls these surfaces should also be addressed for thermal break, vapor and moisture barrier due to increasing the floor envelope exposure to heat loss. In the United States and the rest of the energy buying world the movement of governing bodies, associations and the cultures themselves are now passing legislation designed to mandate the codification of energy efficient building materials that are high technology, high performance and high yield in the creation of the energy barriers for roofs, walls and floors. In the rapidly approaching future the code for foundation, flatwork and basement construction will include vapor, moisture and insulation verbiage, even in dry warm soil latitudes where heat loss is generally accepted to be less through the floor than in higher, wetter and colder climate zones.
To determine how cold the ground is under your structure (average 55 deg. F or lower year round). Try the Vance Jacobs soil temperature test: Turn on the cold water.
· Let the water run for a minute or two.
· Place your hand or a mercury thermometer in the flow.
· Is the water cool, cold or ice water?
If you think that you don’t need insulation in Southern California (San Diego), Southern Arizona or anywhere else in the Southern latitudes between your floor and the ground you are surely mistaken. Even in Southern Arizona where winter visitors rave about the sweater golf in January, mild winters and short cold season - heat loss occurs strongly.
The Barrier Insulation is available at retail, contractor and distributor pricing. Truck load shipping available Coast to Coast. Call us today for more information.
(602) 690-1365
juangarcia@thebarrierinsulation.com
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