Radiant Barrier Roofing Plywood

Many building supply companies offer a plywood or osb oriented strand board sheathing product with a radiant barrier already laminated to one side of the board.

Radiant barrier roofing plywood.

The most effective radiant barrier sheathing is a structural roof sheathing panel which consists of an osb panel with heat reflecting foil laminated to one side. The osb techshield radiant barrier osb is engineered to improve energy efficiency. A radiant barrier is a layer of reflecting aluminum placed in an airspace to block radiant heat transfer between a heat radiating surface such as a hot roof and a heat absorbing surface such as conventional attic insulation and your ceilings. How traditional roof sheathing works.

Radiant energy transferred through standard roof sheathing creates heat build up in the attic. Radiant barrier plywood can easily be made yourself by simply stapling our ultima foil directly to the osb or plywood decking during a new roof construction. Other kinds of radiant barriers combine reflective materials usually aluminium foil with materials like plastic films cardboard and kraft paper. Traditional sheathing allows the sun s radiant heat to enter a home through the roof and walls which can cause extreme attic temperatures heat transfers and ultimately higher energy bills.

It reduces attic temperatures by up to 30 degrees fahrenheit and it blocks up to 97 of radiant heat. With no barrier to restrict the heat it radiates through the insulation into living spaces causing room temperatures to rise. More energy is needed to cool the house and that means higher energy costs for homeowners.