kathy chorjel wrote:Thanks McDave, just about everyone knows more about heating and cooling than I do, so I am grateful for all input. In your opinion would I be better off with the 1" foam and no gap?
Well, it's six of one, half dozen of the other. Truly effective insulation requires a complete system, purpose built and designed for the specific need and environmental parameters. That being said, Anything is better than nothing, usually.
It's important to remember what we are doing. We're not building Heart/Lung machines or super sonic aircraft here, so let's put the proper amount of concern on the issue. This trailer and build are supposed to be fun, when it stops being fun and becomes work and worry, it's time to take a break and go camping, or go sit in a bar for a while.
In the long run I'm not sure it matters how elaborate or precise you are insulating. A year after your done some Hot Rod 23 year old college grad. will come along to tell you how everything you know is wrong anyways. So you gotta use the common sense that God gave ya, and live and learn.
After that, it's just a crapshoot.
Wow, that took a dark turn,
Time for a whiskey.
McDave