The average r value for some common roof materials include.
Roof system r values.
R value because many states or regions require that a roof system have a minimum amount of thermal resistance on commercial industrial and or institutional buildings.
The higher the r value the better a material performs as a thermal insulator.
Rsi r value système international is the metric equivalent.
The higher the r value the more the material insulates.
3 85 per inch polyiso.
It uses the iso thermal planes method the same method as used in nzs4214 2006.
0 33 per inch of thickness bur gravel.
6 6 per inch xps insulation.
To convert rsi to r value multiply the rsi by 5 67826.
5 0 per inch eps insulation.
6 6 per inch of thickness metal.
0 34 per inch of thickness bur smooth.
R value table for roofing materials and building insulation.
Types of roof insulation.
Here are the r values of the most popular commercial roofing systems.
Some of the possible material combinations may not be suitable for actual constructions i e.
Eps based claddings directly fixed on timber framing.
For example two inches of extruded polystyrene with an r value of 11 has an rsi of 1 93721.
R value is used as a measurement of the effectiveness of thermal insulating materials.
The way it works is simple.
0 24 per inch of thickness epdm.
0 00 per inch of thickness tpo.