The Durisol site doesn't have any drawrings or pictures of the insulated 12" and 14" corners. Does anybody have any pics and/or dimenions? I'm trying to figure out what dimensions are easily met for designing a house.

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I emailed them and got a little more info. They said the 14" corners are 2' x 3', made form two pieces attached together at a 45 degree angle.Said as longas I keep to 12" increments I should be fine.

Does anybody have any pics of Durisol corners?

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I am using them now. Will try to get a few pics tomorrow and send.

Lynelle

Posted By [email protected] on 23 Aug 2010 08:54 PM
I am using them now. Will try to get a few pics tomorrow and send.

Lynelle

Thanks!

I just received these photos from Durisol

I see a lot of solid webs in these pictures.  I wonder if they will serve as thermal paths unless insulation is placed over them on the exterior side.

The Durisol material itself has an insulation value of around 1.7 per inch (didn't look it up again, will edit when I get time). So it's not a thermal bridge.

1.7 per inch is only 50% better than most wood types. Wood is quite the thermal bridge. FYI - new (2009) international energy conservation code (adopted at least in Texas - effective April 1st 2011) will no longer allow material placed inside CMU cavity to count toward thermal performance. I am certain that durisol is far better than CMU but point this out because they (the code folks) have actually finally figured out that average R-value mean nothing. Regards.

1.7 x 14inches = 23.8. I'm not too worried. Could always add 2" of foam board on the outside, but part of my reason for liking Durisol is not having any insulation that critters could tunnel into. I've had enough experiences of opening up walls and meeting hornets to not want a chance of that with my own house.

What does Durisol use for the insulation material inside the block?

Durisol uses Rockwool insulation at approx R-4.3 per inch. With the 14" block R-28. Through the cavity is R-28.5 and through the web (R-1.75 per inch x 14") it is R-24.5. Steady State 2-dimensional R-value is R-27.5.