Insulators Home Exteriors

The Case of the Errant Electrons.
Design News; 11/1/2009; 1273 words; ...unloading roofing shingles at a luxury home on a wooded job site by using a truck...charred from end to end, and most of the exterior cable insulation was burned off. The...because the truck's rubber tires were insulators, the high voltage forced current through...

Concrete panels add strength to home
The Topeka Capital-Journal; 10/31/2009; 769 words; ...provide the insulation and substrate surface for installing the interior and exterior wall coverings. People often think of concrete as being cold and a poor insulator, and they are correct. With foam block house construction, the concrete...

Easy ways to lower your heating bill
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 10/19/2009; 747 words; ...If you have older exterior doors, air and heat...glass is a very poor insulator. Most modern glass...which is a plastic insulator between the inner and...nice touch to older homes where vinyl may seem...greener, more comfortable home. Architects Ann Robinson...firm specializing in ...

Insulated concrete walls are now used in home construction.(Real Estate)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 10/16/2009; 1004 words; ...provide the insulation and substrate surface for installing the interior and exterior wall coverings. People often think of concrete as being cold and a poor insulator, and they are correct. With the foam block house construction, the concrete...

PCB risk feared at older N.E. schools ; Tainted caulking used in '60s-'70s construction
The Boston Globe; 9/6/2009; 1490 words; ...though rarely in single-family homes. The US Environmental Protection...where they were used as an insulator in electrical transformers...also added to interior and exterior window, door, and brick caulking...discovered high levels of PCBs on exterior window and construction joints...