I just attended an AIA Certified "Walls that Work" seminar where Neal Ganser, founder of Corbond, was the speaker. If one has the opportunity, I highly suggest attending this conference. Corbond is now owned by Johns Manville and from our perspective their entry into the spray foam market is good for the industry.
Let me explain briefly; JM is a very conservative company owned by Berkshire Hathaway which makes it a very big target for the "ambulance chasing" community of litigators therefore they put enormous effort into insuring that a product is ready for market & most importantly, that the data for said product is accurate. This philosophy is one that will bode well for our industry and one that I hope will take hold.
The seminar goes into the science or better said, the ignored lessons of building science, and is very easy to understand, even to one new to the industry. For more information regarding the next venue please contact:
Joyce Maxin
Corbond Corporation a Johns Manville Company
Tel. 888-949-9089
Fax 406-586-4584
maxinj@jm.com
The point:
Insulation, or the process of insulating, and the "supplemental components & materials" of construction are perpetually changing. More often than not, the addition of a new and exciting product will gather significant interest and growth in sales BEFORE accurate "causes and effects" can be determined. Sadly, the construction industry often fails to learn from mistakes made in the past when implementing new products.
The process of insulating, as you already know, affects the climate of a home and when planning additional insulation, one must pay particularly close attention to their geographic location, their climate zone, their building materials, their HVAC, and the multiple condensation points or, the addition of insulation may merely become a pit stop to a much larger repair.
The "Walls that Work" seminar dives head first into the physics of construction and the resulting effects of over or under applying insulation relative to the supplemental components that make up a home. Please make the time to attend-it'll be well worth the 4 or so hours and I'm confident he'll be somewhere close to you soon.
