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2. Celotex - Wikipedia

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   Celotex is a fiberboard made from bagasse (sugar cane waste after extraction of the juice), first produced in a factory in Marrero, Louisiana, outside of New Orleans. [4] In 1932, Celotex Corporation was spun off as an independent company. In 1961, Jim Walter Corporation, a homebuilding company, acquired Celotex, moving the headquarters to ...

3. Exterior insulation finishing system - Wikipedia

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   Exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS) is a general class of non- load bearing building cladding systems that provides exterior walls with an insulated, water-resistant, finished surface in an integrated composite material system. EIFS has been in use since the 1960s in North America and was first used on masonry buildings.

4. Rigid panel - Wikipedia

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   Rigid panel. A multi-family residential building under construction with rigid panel exterior insulating sheathing. Rigid panel insulation, also referred to as continuous insulation, [1] can be made from foam plastics such as polyurethane (PUR), polyisocyanurate (PIR), and polystyrene, or from fibrous materials such as fiberglass, rock and slag ...

5. Structural insulated panel - Wikipedia

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   Structural insulated panel. SIPs are most commonly made of OSB panels sandwiched around a foam core made of polystyrene. A structural insulated panel, or structural insulating panel, (SIP), is a form of sandwich panel used as a building material in the construction industry. SIP is a sandwich structured composite, consisting of an insulating ...

6. List of insulation materials - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of insulation materials used around the world. ... 4.3–8.3: 30–57 Closed-cell polyurethane spray foam ... 5–5.4: 26–40 [3] Polystyrene board [6 ...

7. Building insulation material - Wikipedia

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   R-Value 3.4 – 3.8 (RSI-0.60 – 0.67) per inch (imperial units) Loose fill insulation fills the wall cavity better than batts. Wet-spray applications typically seal even better than dry-spray. Class I fire safety rating; No formaldehyde-based binders; Not made from petrochemicals nor chemicals with a high toxicity