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Default Loft conversion insulation

On Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:52:12 +0100, a particular chimpanzee named
"Christian McArdle" randomly hit
the keyboard and produced:

http://www.tri-isosuper10.co.uk/docs...ada%20Cert.pdf

This details how the test chalets were constructed and tested is here and
how the data collected was used to fine tune a model that allowed predictive
comparisons to be made for various weather conditions and locations. The
comparisons were then made for many UK locations to give the average compari
son of 210mm for the Tri-iso Super 10. (My recollection is that Tri-iso
Super 9 had slightly lower performance).


There is nothing to say what the external conditions where during the
test to maintain the temperature at 23°C. It could have been during a
hot, southern French summer. Likewise the date of the testing in the
UK isn't given, nor is the external weather conditions.

It's probably very easy to maintain a minimal temperature difference
due to the better radiation properties of the material, but I suspect
at greater differences the conductivity has a much more dramatic
effect.

These tests were conducted by a credible and independent testing company on
the premises of that credible and independent testing company.


TRADA apparently don't have UKAS certification to test insulation
products, so their test doesn't count.
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