Are we really arguing?? Isn't a radiant barrier a form of insulation?

Dave

Leon wrote:
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is that room primarily or wholly in the shade, Leon? There isn't any way
to be comfortable in a totally uninsulated outbuilding here during the
summer if the sun beats down on it. White roof, brown roof, purple
roof--makes such a marginal difference if there's no insulation in the
walls/roof. In fact I've got almost the same roof on my shed as on my
house and the house is hotter than the shed because of all the frickin
single pane glass that I've yet to replace. Removing a wide sliding door
(single pane) on the south side of the house and replacing it with a 36"
triple glazed door helped tremendously to keep that end of the house
cooler. YMMV--and apparently it does. g


No, not in the shade at all. In fact when I painted it brown it became
slightly warmer. I went with radiant barrier because I wanted to see if it
really worked and it only cost me $24 more than standard decking. I was
really amazed at how much it helped.