Arctic/Polar/Cold weather packages.
Hi again. And sorry again if this is covered in 100 other threads... Was visiting a dealer local to me about two weeks ago to look at a camper that we think is "the one" ;) when we can pull the tr...
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"I'm not sure I completely believe that a layer of foil can increase the r value of a wall by 200 or 300 percent... Maybe materials have advanced more than I think... Not sure why its not being used in every new house if so."
As a retired house framer/builder, I can tell you there is a big difference between... say... a house with a crawl space and a free-standing trailer. There is the matter of natural humidity rising into the house that is not there in a trailer. Yes, there is condensation from breath and propane burning (stove, at least) in a trailer... but that's another subject.
What IS being used on houses these days are wraps (like Tyvek) but they "breath" out.
(Sorry... I messed up the quoting tags somehow)
"I'm not sure I completely believe that a layer of foil can increase the r value of a wall by 200 or 300 percent... Maybe materials have advanced more than I think... Not sure why its not being used in every new house if so."
As a retired house framer/builder, I can tell you there is a big difference between... say... a house with a crawl space and a free-standing trailer. There is the matter of natural humidity rising into the house that is not there in a trailer. Yes, there is condensation from breath and propane burning (stove, at least) in a trailer... but that's another subject.
What IS being used on houses these days are wraps (like Tyvek) but they "breath" out.
(Sorry... I messed up the quoting tags somehow)
