Is the 1.5" of ccSPF on the interior side of the sheathing? (Making the 5.5" of cavity fill 4" of fiber, 1.5" of ccSPF?) The vapor permeance of 1.5" of closed cell foam is about 0.7-1 perm, which is semi-impermeable. it would be good if the exterior foam had a vapor permeance of 1 or better, so that the sheathing can dry toward the exterior. If you went with 2" of 1.5lb density (Type-II) EPS you'd have a vapor permeance of about 1.5, which is just about where you want to be. The R-value of that 2" would be R8.4 for lableing purposes, but since it's performance increases to about R4.7/inch when the temperature through the layer is 25F, your mid winter performance will be better than 9. Polyiso would have a higher labeled R, but much lower mid-winter performance in this stackup. XPS would only be about 0.5 perms @ 2", which is on the low side, and it will slowly drop in performance over time until it ends up at about the same level as EPS. (It's higher R/inch is due to it's HFC134a blowing agent, which has a very high global warming potential, 1400x that of CO2, and 200x that of the pentane used for blowing EPS.) At 1.5" you're looking at about R10 for the ccSPF, which isn't quite enough dew point control for the fiber layer on it's own, but with an inch of ANY exterior foam you would have some margin. With 4" of fiber it's slightly deeper than a 2x4 cavity, which WOULD be OK with only R10: http://publicecodes.cyberregs.com/icod/irc/2012/icod_irc_2012_7_sec002_par025.htm For even better outward drying you could go with 2" of rigid rock wool (eg Roxul Comfortboard), which is also completely fireproof and more insect resistant than foam insulation. The ccSPF also uses a high global warming potential blowing agent (HFC245fa ~1000x CO2), but in 1-2" layers the damage is somewhat limited, and you're gaining some resilience from the vapor retardency when it's placed on the interior side of the sheathing in your climate. If you dropped back to 2x4/cellulose with 3-4" of rigid rock wool on the exterior you'd have even higher drying rates, and no dew point issues. After thermal bridging the "whole-wall-R" of your stackup with 2" of exterior EPS or rock wool comes in at about R22-R23, which is also where you would be with a 2x4-cellulose +3" of exterior rock wool (or EPS) solution. But the sheathing would be that much more inside the thermal boundary, running much warmer and drier.
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