I'm in the preplanning stages of planning a new home. I have decided that the SIP's or ICF's are the way to go for me for my extior walls. I'll be building in the high mountains in the western US. Is there a place I can get opjective, not marketing, information on the pluses and minus' of each when comparded with each other, mainly R-values. I've seen some ICF claim R-values to R-50, I find this hard to believe. Most SIP's are in the R-24 to R-27 range, is there any opjective resourse that compairs the two?
Originally posted by missin44: I'm in the preplanning stages of planning a new home. I have decided that the SIP's or ICF's are the way to go for me for my extior walls. I'll be building in the high mountains in the western US. Is there a place I can get opjective, not marketing, information on the pluses and minus' of each when comparded with each other, mainly R-values. I've seen some ICF claim R-values to R-50, I find this hard to believe. Most SIP's are in the R-24 to R-27 range, is there any opjective resourse that compairs the two?
if you tipe SIP wall construction or/and ICF on google, you can read on the web. both are very good, the biggest difference is one use concrete(icf) the other use wood(sip). The R-Value will change as the thickness of your walls will(thicker insulation). the thicker your walls are the more R-Value you can get. Concrete will give you more R-Value than wood therefore R-50 is possible. I would compare both for your house. Check it out, they are both great ways to build with.
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