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gtojohn · 03-01-15, 08:37 AM

I wasn't sure if it was less brittle or more bouncy as it got thicker. It's one of those things, generally nobody builds like that around here, 3/4" is the thickest in stock at the big stores. I need to special order thicker, which I do need for my walls and roof. I was thinking about also adding batts underneath but I don't want to give rodents a place to nest. Last time I did a manual j for a house this size floor heat loss was around 3000btuhr for this area. Because of this we tend ignore the floors around here. I'm trying to do better. It also seems with climate change as our weather patterns have more extreme swings the manual j becomes less helpful.

03-01-15, 08:37 AM	#4
gtojohn Journeyman EcoRenovator Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 314 Thanks: 39 Thanked 50 Times in 45 Posts	I wasn't sure if it was less brittle or more bouncy as it got thicker. It's one of those things, generally nobody builds like that around here, 3/4" is the thickest in stock at the big stores. I need to special order thicker, which I do need for my walls and roof. I was thinking about also adding batts underneath but I don't want to give rodents a place to nest. Last time I did a manual j for a house this size floor heat loss was around 3000btuhr for this area. Because of this we tend ignore the floors around here. I'm trying to do better. It also seems with climate change as our weather patterns have more extreme swings the manual j becomes less helpful.