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    Determine R Value of Exterior Wall - Get Help Now!

    Insulation values take a big hits for small gaps, areas of compression, pipes in the bay etc... If you have a 16" bay insulated well, close to perfect, then a sample from the center is as good as that wall can be. That is the purpose of my quest. But to entertain the question further, If...
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    Determine R Value of Exterior Wall - Get Help Now!

    TVP, No this honestly isn't a Homework question. The Reason for 1 ft sq, any larger can introduce anomalys. A small section should be consistent. Im Happy russ keyed back in, because the whole room is being profiled, not a section measured. R value per sq ft is a very meaningful value...
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    Determine R Value of Exterior Wall - Get Help Now!

    ok, Think of it like this... Say you were given a brand new wall, A real honest wall in a new home. Instead of sheet rock, it had a new material called plasti-rock, then instead of 2x4 studs the wall has 5"x5" rails 24 OC made out of (pick any new material) and it was insulated with treated...
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    Determine R Value of Exterior Wall - Get Help Now!

    problem is thermography doesn't show R values, just differences in heat. If heat were water and the the hull was a wall, how could you see how much water leaked in a given area while being on one side or the other ...
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    Determine R Value of Exterior Wall - Get Help Now!

    what I am going for ? Imagine you were given a task, to figure out a walls R value with no information on what's in it, and your not allowed to look. Or you have a wall with a proposed R value, you need to verify it ... How could you do it by measuring ?
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    Determine R Value of Exterior Wall - Get Help Now!

    ... I need you folks ! Simply putting it, Id like to determine the R value of an exterior wall. Im willing to treat the assembly as one and assign the R for the complete assembly. if anyone can come up with anything, Id love to hear it. From what I have so far, comparing it to...
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