Insulation made from recycled paper
You sure know that (todayīs) cellulose insulation is made from old, recycled paper and you may ask yourself how does it actually work.
Can paper be used as an insulation material?
That paper that sets on fire by a single spark or make soggy by a single drop of the water?
Cellulose insulation manufacturing
The old paper is first decomposed to the cellulose fibres, the finer the fibres are the better.
Fiber insulation quality, in general, depends on how the fibres can encapsulate the air (the main insulation medium in this case).
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Actually, the material has better insulation properties if it has fin...
Unlike the mineral glass wool or rock wool, the cellulose insulation belongs to the organic insulation materials. It si manufactured from the waste cellulose, tearing it up a chemically treting it in order to repel insects, mildew, fungi and various rodents.
Cellulose wadding, how it works
In the cellulose insulation two insulating factors work together. It is the insulating ability of the wooden fibres themself and another insulating factor is the air kept between the cellulose fibrils.
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Cellulose insulation application
Cellulose insulation can be applied as the spray cellulose insultion or the blown-in cellulose insulation.
Chemical treatment of cellulose i...
