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Heat Loss Through Concrete Slab Below Grade


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Heat Loss Through Concrete Slab Below Grade. If that means paying someone to run my data through their fancy software, contact me and we’ll talk. Typically most of the heat lost in a normal size slab is through the edge exposed to the air.

Insulation Choices EPS or XPS? Insulfoam
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It is widely presumed that the large perimeter heat loss rates common during the heating season render the much smaller core flux irrelevant to the total. Foundation (slab) sides are usually insulated. I am trying to figure out the optimum thickness of foam under my slab, so it would be nice to have an honest heat loss estimate.

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Insulation Choices EPS or XPS? Insulfoam

If that means paying someone to run my data through their fancy software, contact me and we’ll talk. *the terms deep basement, shallow basement, and slab on grade a r e used t o denote the three types of house basements: If that means paying someone to run my data through their fancy software, contact me and we’ll talk. Calculating heat loss through a basement or slab on grade is more difficult for two main reasons:

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