Masonry Block With Integral Insulation

The foam is injected under pressure into the empty cores of masonry walls.

Masonry block with integral insulation.

Hi r insulated block hi r is a specially designed cmu with smaller webs to reduce thermal bridging and contains individually molded insulation inserts. Astra glaze sw glazed units are pre faced architectural concrete masonry blocks with a thermoset glazing compound permanently molded on one or more faces. How do i insulate walls with stud bays only 1 inches thick. 203 mm nominal thickness must have continuous r 5 minimum insulation in addition to the integral insulation to comply i e the r value of the integral insulation.

Integral insulation refers to insulation placed between two layers of thermal mass. David caruso springfield pa. R value cavity na and r value continuous r 5. Depending on the density of the blocks an 8 inch thick block wall without any other type of insulation has a thermal resistance value between r 1 9 and r 2 5.

It saves materials and labour improves energy efficiency and durability. By superlite block an oldcastle company. Masonry system 4 is a mass wall system with a single wythe concrete masonry unit cmu wall structure often comprised of split face block and integral insulation. Examples include insulation placed in concrete masonry cores and continuous insulation in a masonry cavity wall note that an insulated masonry cavity wall can also be considered as exterior insulation if the thermal mass effect of the veneer is disregarded.

View block wall colors shapes system applications specifications details lineart download and more. Core fill 500 is a non expanding aminoplast foam that looks like white shaving cream. This means that to comply a masonry wall 8 in. We insert insulation into the cores of standard cmu.

With integral insulation and no framing are. This unit achieves higher r values than standard cmu insulation. And there is no effective way to fill the voids in an existing concrete block wall. This glazing compound is cured and heat treated in gas fired tunnel kilns thus becoming an integral part of the unit.

The components of this system from interior to exterior are described in fig. I have a 1950s brick colonial with uninsulated concrete block walls.