Comments on: Non-toxic Foam Insulation http://pdxremodels.com/2007/05/09/non-toxic-foam-insulation/ Home Remodeling in Portland, Oregon Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:51:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Bruce Westfall http://pdxremodels.com/2007/05/09/non-toxic-foam-insulation/#comment-409 Bruce Westfall Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:34:11 +0000 http://pdxremodels.com/2007/05/09/non-toxic-foam-insulation/#comment-409 Do you have any type of least 1 Inch foam board that i can use inside the Cold Frame for garden? We don't want any type of toxic release from the ground and hot air inside the Cold Frame? Do you have any type of least 1 Inch foam board that i can use inside the Cold Frame for garden?

We don’t want any type of toxic release from the ground and hot air inside the Cold Frame?

]]> By: Jody http://pdxremodels.com/2007/05/09/non-toxic-foam-insulation/#comment-410 Jody Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:32:06 +0000 http://pdxremodels.com/2007/05/09/non-toxic-foam-insulation/#comment-410 I don't know of any type of product on the market like a rigid, non-toxic foam that would be suitable for a cold frame. There are cotton insulations you can purchase made out of denim jeans, but I'm not sure how you would install it in this type of situation. I have heard of people surrounding their cold frame with bricks and soil to hold the day's heat and help keep the plants warm. Anybody else have any ideas out there? I don’t know of any type of product on the market like a rigid, non-toxic foam that would be suitable for a cold frame. There are cotton insulations you can purchase made out of denim jeans, but I’m not sure how you would install it in this type of situation. I have heard of people surrounding their cold frame with bricks and soil to hold the day’s heat and help keep the plants warm.

Anybody else have any ideas out there?

]]> By: Jack Davis http://pdxremodels.com/2007/05/09/non-toxic-foam-insulation/#comment-572 Jack Davis Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:48:17 +0000 http://pdxremodels.com/2007/05/09/non-toxic-foam-insulation/#comment-572 Check out airkrete if you are seriously looking for a foamed-in place insulation. It's pumped in like other foams, but unlike other foams which are polyoy/iscyanuarte based materials, airkrete is a cementatious foam product. I'll spare you the details as lots of self-serving Internet sites can explain what this means better than I. Airkrete (as opposed to aircrete, a totally different product) is touted to be 100% non-toxic. It's also a 2 hour fire barrier and is auto hydrating (it allows moisture to pass) so condensation in the walls is not an issue. But it is not inexpensive. Also, just an FYI regarding so-called soy-based foams. Oil is oil is oil as far as these systems are concerned. Don't be suckered into believing that just because it's not petroleum based it's somehow more "green," Ain't necessarily so! Check out airkrete if you are seriously looking for a foamed-in place insulation. It’s pumped in like other foams, but unlike other foams which are polyoy/iscyanuarte based materials, airkrete is a cementatious foam product. I’ll spare you the details as lots of self-serving Internet sites can explain what this means better than I. Airkrete (as opposed to aircrete, a totally different product) is touted to be 100% non-toxic. It’s also a 2 hour fire barrier and is auto hydrating (it allows moisture to pass) so condensation in the walls is not an issue. But it is not inexpensive.
Also, just an FYI regarding so-called soy-based foams. Oil is oil is oil as far as these systems are concerned. Don’t be suckered into believing that just because it’s not petroleum based it’s somehow more “green,” Ain’t necessarily so!

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