Foil Roof Insulation Reviews

If installed properly it can reflect up to 97 of radiant heat and shave off one fourth of your heating and cooling costs according to.

Foil roof insulation reviews.

Found in major outlets such as in home depot s insulation aisle reflectix comes in tightly spooled rolls of 25 by 2 feet of shiny reflective foil look bubble wrap texture insulation in plastic bags. A warning about radiant barriers aka foil insulation. The r value of foil faced bubble wrap is so low that it has few if any advantages over rigid foam. Foil faced plywood or oriented strand board sheathing is also available.

Most brands of foil faced bubble wrap are only 3 8 inch thick or less and have an r value of only 1 0 or 1 1. A comparison review of multi foil insulation products superquilt thermaquilt sf19 triso super 10 tlx silver ybs insulation superfoil actis tlx. Last week i received an email from a concerned reader who said his 85 year old mother in law had recently purchased a 2 500 radiant barrier insulation system for her 1 800 sf townhouse in austin mn.