Insulating finishable panel
OwnerJohn M. McCaryinventor
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Abstract
A rigid faced foam cored panel system utilized to produce an insulating finishable surface in interior and exterior applications. The long edges of the rigid foam panels may be indented to form a recessed space for tapping, applying joint compound and assisting in achieving a level finished surface. The inside surface of the rigid foam panel may be radiant reflective with air spacers attached to the reflective surface to produce the needed air space for effective radiant heat reflection. The interior application may entail using the rigid foam panel both as insulation and as a finishable varied color painted or textured wall or ceiling surface. In exterior wall or other exposed surface applications the insulating rigid foam panel may be covered with moisture resistive coverings such as stucco style textures.
Claims11
A finishable rigid foam panel assembly, comprising:
- a. one face with a reinforced surface;
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- b. the other face may have a radiant reflective surface;
- c. wherein the reinforced surface is usually made of a metallic primed material such as aluminum but may be made of a composite material and is fairly hard to penetrate;
- d. wherein the finishable rigid foam panel can be attached to another surface by either or both adhesive and/or mechanical means;
- e. wherein the rigid foam panel when applied to an interior surface where the reinforced surface is does not need to be covered by another material to meet fire code approval;
- f. wherein the surface of the reinforced face can be finished at the joints with a possible support strip, exterior/sheetrock joint tape and exterior/sheetrock joint compound;
- possibly sanded and/or textured;
- and covered with one base coat and finish stucco coat or just a finish coat or painted to reach the desired finish as other stucco or sheetrock style finished surfaces;
- g. the foam core has good insulation values, usually around a 5 to 7 R-value per inch;
- h. wherein the foam panels' weight is considerably lighter than sheathing or sheetrock, ½ to ⅓ the weight of sheetrock, and easier to handle than that of comparable size sheetrock panels.
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