System For Enhancing The Thermal Resistance Of Roofs And Walls Of Buildings

An insulating system for the roof and walls of a building, the insulating system comprising:

• a plurality of longitudinally extending purlins, girts or upper chords of a building truss or deck;
• a first layer of insulating material extending transversely across the longitudinally extending purlins, girts or upper chords or atop a roof or wall deck or liner;
• a plurality of bridge members each with an upper and a lower surface and spaced apart through holes;
• a plurality of orthogonally extending spacer members each with at least one upper and one lower flange and at least one connecting member disposed there between, the spacer members connected to and extending downwardly from the lower surface of the bridge member wherein the at least one lower flange locally compresses the first layer of insulating material proximate to the at least one lower flange allowing an otherwise uncompressed first insulation layer to extend between the spacer members;
• a second layer of insulating material extending transversely across the upper surface of the bridge member;
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• a plurality of panel clips each with a base and a panel clip tab disposed opposite the base, the panel clips disposed atop and locally compressing the second layer of insulation, and the panel clip tab engages with roof or wall panels in the formation of a water resistant seam.

An insulating system for the roof and walls of a building, the insulating system comprising:

• a plurality of longitudinally extending purlins, girts or upper chords of a building truss or deck;
• a first layer of insulating material extending transversely across the longitudinally extending purlins, girts or upper chords;
• a plurality of bridge members each with an upper and a lower surface and a plurality of separated spacer members the spacer members connected to and extending downwardly from the lower surface of the bridge member wherein the spacer member compresses the first layer of insulating material proximate to the spacer member allowing an otherwise uncompressed first insulation layer to extend between the spacer members;
• a second layer of insulating material extending transversely across the upper surface of the bridge member;
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• wherein a threaded fastener is first passed through either a roof or wall panel, then sequentially through the second layer of insulation, the bridge, the spacer member, the first layer of insulation and into an upper flange of the purlin forming a thermally efficient water resistant seal.