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Posted: Aug 18, 2007 04:30 PM
What is the REAL perm rate for sealection500
I wish Demilec would just pick a number and stick with it..

From the DEmilec usa website tech data page..
3.6 perms for 2" http://www.sealection500.com/dem/s500/index.php?key=ProductSpec

From the demilec usa website steel brochure
5.49 perms at 3"
http://www.sealection500.com/dem/s500/index.php?key=brochures

from demilec usa website, building science, 3.6 perms per inch
http://www.sealection500.com/dem/s500/index.php?mod=content&id=56
from twinsulation.com 5.47 perms per inch
http://www.twinsulation.com/tech.html

from Cornel chemicals-- 97 perms!
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:dt7HcATemJ4J:www.cornellchemicals.com/SEALECTION%2520500%2520DS%2520anglais.pdf+sealection+perm+astm&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
From Canada research council--- 25 perms per inch
http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ccmc/registry/07/216/12697_e.pdf

I'm trying to call BS on the "you wont need a vapor retarder" story from our local foam guys.
When its as cold as my part of Colorado, every wall performs better with a vapor barrier.

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