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Being that the panels contain steel that span the entire thickness of the EPS, how has the thermal bridging been addressed?

Since the 2012 IRC requires R-48+ in the attic/roof. Your thickest 7"roof  panel (R-35)  falls short of the R-48 mark. Will you make thicker panels in order to meet the R-48 mark?

One can get a Steel SIP with a 12" EPS core that will have a R-Value of R-50 and they do not have the issue of thermal bridging.

They don't specify in detail how they thermally-break the steel, but they do claim to have addressed it- read the (all miserable italic-font) script on this page:


http://steepbuildingsystems.com/Thermal_Perfomance.html (<< psmith- Get a new web-designer or something, eh? Italics are good for applying emphasis, but an impediment to readability, and a lousy way to convey written information. That's the least-legible website I've seen all month!)

Posted By Dana1 on 06 Aug 2012 04:58 PM
They don't specify in detail how they thermally-break the steel, but they do claim to have addressed it- read the (all miserable italic-font) script on this page:


http://steepbuildingsystems.com/Thermal_Perfomance.html (<< psmith- Get a new web-designer or something, eh? Italics are good for applying emphasis, but an impediment to readability, and a lousy way to convey written information. That's the least-legible website I've seen all month!)

I believe this thread was a post and run. The OP posted his advertisement and ran. Either way, I don't see how these outperform anything.