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newpollution · 24th June 2009

Thanks for the info tiny.

A hardware store around here says they carry an insulation material equivalent to ultratouch. They gave me these numbers/variables:

R13-16" 106.07sf bdl is 68.81
R13-24" 126.63sf bdl is 80.00
R19-16" 53.04sf bdl is 49.29
R19-24" 63.32sf bdl is 56.71
R21-16" 53.04sf bdl is 54.75
R30-16' 54.20sf bdl is 78.06
R30-24" 64.64sf bdl is 90.97

I'm totally new to buying these types of materials and I'm not even sure what that's all referring to. I guess those are prices. What are the different R numbers?

foxfyr: yeah, definitely a lot of marketing crap. I'd like to know more about this stuff though. Where did you get your information about the harmful stuff it's treated with? I'd definitely be curious to check that out. My main concerns have to do with avoiding harmful breathing environments/substances. I have some health issues and I'm trying not to make anything worse than it already is.

24th June 2009	#8
newpollution Gear nut Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 90 Thread Starter	Thanks for the info tiny. A hardware store around here says they carry an insulation material equivalent to ultratouch. They gave me these numbers/variables: R13-16" 106.07sf bdl is 68.81 R13-24" 126.63sf bdl is 80.00 R19-16" 53.04sf bdl is 49.29 R19-24" 63.32sf bdl is 56.71 R21-16" 53.04sf bdl is 54.75 R30-16' 54.20sf bdl is 78.06 R30-24" 64.64sf bdl is 90.97 I'm totally new to buying these types of materials and I'm not even sure what that's all referring to. I guess those are prices. What are the different R numbers? foxfyr: yeah, definitely a lot of marketing crap. I'd like to know more about this stuff though. Where did you get your information about the harmful stuff it's treated with? I'd definitely be curious to check that out. My main concerns have to do with avoiding harmful breathing environments/substances. I have some health issues and I'm trying not to make anything worse than it already is.