Refectix

We have more than residential applications for the home. When installed properly, our products help ensure that homes stay comfortable and energy-efficient all year long. Reflectix offers a wide range of reflective insulation products.

The characteristics that make it so attractive include ease of handling and installation, more than commercial and residential construction applications and a large selection of product configurations to. The company provides all-weather duct insulation and water heat jackets. Our aluminum tape is specifically designed to adhere well to our reflective insulation products. Many of their products qualify under the American Taxpayer Relief Act for a deduction.

It also markets radiant barriers and concrete slab insulation products. Michigan Van Life Category: DIY Story My husband and I live in our Econoline van, year round. The product is available in a roll inches wide by 1linear feet.

Our first layer of insulation is up! This is some of the work that went into this process. Fill Your Cart With Color today!

Learned to be gentle when taking the curtains down, to avoid tearing at the dots. Our radiant barrier is an excellent, energy-efficient choice for upgrading an attic system. The problem with most window covers is that they look good at the start but just don’t hold up. But so are a lot of other vandwellers.

Use it for everything from a cup cozy to a heat barrier. The bubbles provide both air space insulation and strength to support the reflective foil surface. DIY Van Insulation For Hot Weather. It’s made by Covercraft, the same company that makes the best car covers anywhere. You can be sure the quality is first rate in anything they put their name on.

There’s probably one that matches your particular car, truck, SUV or mini van’s windshield. It will not function as a thermal reflector when sandwiched between the mattress and the bunk end bottom. The correct construction methods and techniques are the responsibility of the installer or contrac-tor. Or did the refectix UQ work all the way down to degrees. The “R” value depends on the number and size of the airspaces surrounding the Radiant Barrier and on the direction of the heat flow.

Since Radiant Barrier is usually installed on top of existing mass insulation, its R-value is a moot point. An old vintage sofa with a floral fabric in the corner of an empty room with light blue wall and a reflective wooden floor If you have an older RV or are just looking for a nice change of pace from your standard furniture, the DIY bug may be biting you! Select Full Site (bottom of page). Paste link into address bar.

Special Order Large Square Footage Product. I made a template the same way as described above, but we used an XLG window shade (about $at the Walmart) for the bulk of the shade and just extended it with Refectix , to fully fit the front window. I just measured the window and cut out rectangles of the Refectix to fit them. I think there is some debate about the true R-value of reflectix.

Used for insulating heating ducts it has to be installed with a 5cm air space between the duct and the reflectix to reach this value. I suppose if it was installed under the thermarest or air mat this may have the same effect. Easy install of radiant barrier insulation to garage doors. Secure with Refectix Reflective Foil Tape. Expansion Joint Lightweight, durable closed cell foam expansion joint is stiff enough to use on straight joints, and is flexible enough to shape to contours on concrete applications.

A radiant barrier is a material that is a poor re-transmitter of radiant energy: by ASTM standards it must re-transmit less than of the energy it encounters. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

Should I put insulation under laminate flooring? Report This by Manage My Life. In the summer, radiant energy (heat) from the sun is soaked up by your roof and transferred to the insulation and ceiling below, boosting air conditioning needs.

The jacket I made is a three-piece affair. It needs to be air, plain old air. This item is currently out of stock, but we’ll have it back soon.

Although Travasaks (or equivalent) are wonderful, consider a warmer sleeping bag for winter camping. We have several weights of down sleeping bags from our bicycle camping days and have never regretted using them when the weather turned cold.