Single Piece Metal Door Frame Conducting Heat
I am having what seems to be a unique issue per my own research. The door frame of my trailer is built in such a way the metal extends from outside to inside. As such the heat it accumulates from o...
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NJRVer wrote:
You hit the nail on the head. You need a "thermal break" from outside frame to inside frame.
I never heard complaints from anybody before about heat transfer. If this were winter you would have ice on the inside of the frame instead of it being too hot.
Yes, a thermal break. I've managed to keep it cool inside but this issue worries me how inefficient it all is. I don't expect proper "house" level insulation or R-levels but you can instantly feel how much hotter it is by the door.
When I'm outside for a while and I come back to the door its weird feeling the outside door handle be relatively cold.
The windows were built like the door as well but I just outright filled them with insulation and boarded them up. When it gets 100+ I can use my Flir heat camera and still see the window frame through 1 inch wood. I can even make out the other studs in the trailer through the walls.
Thermoguy wrote:
I'm just impressed you have a FLIR... :)
It was a wild shot, figured it would help with this trailer and the house as well which has its own insulation problems.
Its turned out to help quite a lot. Its amazing how many corners in the walls just hold heat due to poor air flow. Makes me wonder if rounded corners on drywall in houses help at all. The antenna handle and surrounding area in the ceiling of the trailer was a big offender as well, that was much easier to insulate though.
