Re: [GBlist] carpet pad R value ?

[Wesley Sullens <wesley_sullens@yahoo.com>]

I found an R-value from ASHRAE Handbook of
Fundamentals (old version, but no less accurate).  The
R-value is 2.08 for "carpet and fibrous pad".  For
"carpet and rubber pad", the R-value is 1.23.


--- pete nichols <ecoproducts@ecoproducts.com> wrote:
> Clark -
> Thanks for the response back - i am basically going
> to install a new carpet
> in a second floor bedroom, which is ontop of an
> unheated garage.  I was
> hoping to somehow insulate the floor (there is
> insulation in the joist
> cavities below) to make the floor as comfortable as
> possible.  So, initially
> I was thinking, would "reflectix" type insulation
> work as a pad?  Then, I
> started getting confused.
> 
> Thanks again.
> Pete
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Clark <cellis1@texas.net>
> To: <greenbuilding@crest.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [GBlist] carpet pad R value ?
> 
> 
> > Explain what you are trying to achieve? As far as
> I know there are no
> > R-Values assigned to carpet padding or the carpet.
> Are you trying to
> > insulate the floor? What kind of construction,
> material, ect?
> > Clark
> >
> >
> >
>
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