Roxul On Roof

The roxul boards were just tacked up with roofing nails until i could get the furring strips over the roxul.

Roxul on roof.

Low sloped roof attic insulation sloped roof unconditioned attic basement wall exterior walls insulation exposed wood framed floor floor insulation cathedral ceiling ceiling insulation interior wall insulation wood stud steel stud wood frame construction insulation. Single ply roof insulation. The roxul compressed 1 4 at each furring strip but i felt better about the rainscreen siding assembly knowing that the furring strips were firmly in place. Rockwool products are available with a bitumen or mineral coated fiberglass face to be used in a number of roofing solutions.

Rockwool stone wool roof insulation combines the thermal performance dimensional stability impact resistance and acoustic control required to increase the performance of many flat roof assemblies. Our insulation provides a range of products and solutions for exterior wall systems such as rainscreen cavity wall exterior continuous insulation curtain wall wood frame and metal frame constructions. Roxul is able to use up to 40 percent recycled content. Roxul s continuing effort to improve its overall efficiencies further solidifies the commitment to environmental stewardship within roxul.

For ceilings with sheetrock already and just a crawlspace or attic above it is our understanding from various research that. For a cathedral ceiling we leave a one inch space between the roxul and the roof s plywood underlayment and then install roxul to r 40 or so and then staple sheeting to the ceiling joists over that then sheetrock. Over the roxul i used 1 2 plywood furring strips attached with wood screws. This product is designed to fill perimeter gaps between concrete floor slabs and exterior wall systems between firewalls and ceiling slabs and around conduit pipes and duct openings through walls and floor slabs.

Roxul safe is ul and intertek approved as a forming material for numerous firestop systems.