by Ira » Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:02 am
EZ, I don't know if you've seen any of my past posts about the surprise effect of insulation in my TD, but...
When I go to work on mine at the boatyard, and it's been like 90 degrees out and it's been baking in the sun all day...I open the door and it's COOL in there. REAL cool Yes, the insulation really DOES work both ways.
I did my floor insulation a little ass backward--I think. I think most people do it plain-side out, meaning the foil faces the cabin. I did it foil side DOWN, so it would reflect ground heat AWAY from the floor. (South Florida.)
What's weird about this is I think most people do it foil side out for the walls. Yet they do foil IN for the roof. Is there any logic to this at all? In my climate, I really didn't care--especially with 5000 btus of AC.
Also, since I only did 3/4" insulation on the floor and sides, I only used one layer of 3/4" in the roof as well, although my spar configuartion allowed for twice that.
I TRIED to get two layers of 3/4" in there for the roof, but without kerfing, try as I could, I couldn't get two layers to sit flush, so I just went with one.
Here we go again!