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Default Insulating over windows?

"Caesar Romano" wrote in message
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On 28 Dec 2007 08:43:10 -0500, wrote Re
Insulating over windows?:

Joseph Meehan wrote:

... most foam products are not rated for exposure to inhabited areas as
they are fire safety issues. Generally they must be installed behind
a fire shield like drywall. There are some very good reasons for this.


For instance, standards committee meetings full of risk managers from
insurance companies who only pay for losses vs new construction costs,
and drywall manufacturers eager to help write the code :-)

Nick


Ditto on that.



Go burn some foam products in your closed garage, with you in it. Let us
know how that works out compared to breathing something like firewood smoke.