Anyone in the insulation industry?
This summer as temps climbed and we are trying to do everything we can to stay cool, I was thinking about what we might be able to do to squeeze out a little more efficiency and insulation. For typical insulation, you either need more space or higher tech. higher tech can start to get cost prohibitive. I was looking for something that can go under the decking...but production friendly.
I came across Radiant Technology. This did not make sense to me at first, in that I always felt like it was only good when exposed (assuming solar gain/reflective). This article seemed do a better job of explaining it.
I wonder, if we could add sheets of woven foil (with a thermal break) to the underside or the roof decking. An air gap would be ideal.
https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/w...diant-barriers
The idea would be to add this to the Xplorer package option. It is not super expensive and if it can reduce heat gain 5-10%....I'd take it. ROI is not bad.
Ideally we will eventually have an Xplorer option on all models (minus the 4x4 before anyone gets crazy)