bubble wrap

realolman

I apologize if this is too off topic, but does anyone have any experience / opinions on that foil covered bubble wrap insulation?

thanks

Unknown

Man...........

did you ever "open a can of worms here", I asked the same question about a month ago! Hang-on to your hat! BTW...... It`s "crap",-nuff said!

kevin coppinger_4

double ditto...

run away from it....it ia only good for duct wrap....kpc

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Empire_2

What I do not like...

The ratting changes as to the top side and bottom. I guess it's better than nothing, but I personally don't use it. We always insulate inside the duct. Where it is super tight and hard to get to,.like I said you have to do something to insulate. In that respect, I think it's on a Par level.

Mike T.

hvacfreak

how can it be ..

How can it be a good " duct wrap " ?

http://www.owenscorning.com/comminsul/products.asp?product=10&system=81

This is duct wrap...it's what all engineering data is based on ( ACCA and all other load calc software and manuals )...including residential.

This bubble wrap is like an " excuse " , or an " alibi " ( for the guys I see carrying it out of the supply house )...and is probrobly doing more harm than good. With no " R " value to speak of ( and the vapor barrier is legit ) ...the duct is now sweating in an enclosure ( thinking mold that looks like cottage cheese , and eggs burried in the ground for 100 years ).

My sheet metal installs will continue to be " itchy " ....and I would install fiberglass " ductboard " ( which will never happen ) over wrapping metal with this crap. - frreekk

Marty

uhhh

Its good packing materiel

S Ebels

Had a customer

HAD is the operative word here. I was working with a customer doing a slab on grade radiant job who insisted that Double Bubble was superior to 1 1/2" foam board under the pour. He wouldn't budge so we parted ways. Last winter I was called there to "adjust the boiler" (his words) because of excessive fuel use. This was the middle of February and there was no snow for three to four feet around the building. Nuff said?

Kinda' like the R-70 paint thing that was floating around for a while.

Ted_9

mold

"thinking mold that looks like cottage cheese , and eggs buried in the ground for 100 years "

I'm not a mold specialist, but I do know that mold needs water and food, like wood or paper products(sheet rock has a paper layer). So I don't think there would be a layer of mold. I do think that the duct work could rote out though.

I'd rather install mini-splits instead of ducts anyway.

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Unknown

You Guys,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

are all talking about ductwork! What about under slab radiant?

Unknown

S. Ebels

LOL, I hear ya! I too argued with a guy who tried to tell me it`s R11, I walked away! They all seem to get told it`s "equivalent", ya know?

hvacfreak

mini-me

Those small 50 cfm half -baths and bed rooms that need 100 cfm get awkward on the mini-split deal however. No substitute for a nice central system.

And now that I think about it , sweat would occur on the exterior of the vapor barrier as well...no mold specialist by any means...but what a pointless product.-mike

Edit..air leakage in slip and drive joints could provide other components needed for mold I guess...under that nice vapor barrier with no insulating properties...yum , tastes just like chicken

Unknown

Total junk, waste of money, don't use it. That's a period right there

Perry_2

A usefull application of Bubble Wrap - Really

Great for stress relief:

You don't even need to leave the computer:

www.therightfoot.net/mystuff/whatever/swf/bubblewrap.swf

Just clik on the bubbles...

Note - the manic mode can also be usefull.

(I'll let someone who know how turn it into a link).

Perry

kevin coppinger_4

thats great!



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