Another insulation question? (kingspan)

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joydivision
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Post: # 71947Post joydivision

Can I use kingspan or the like, which has got wet due to storage outside?
Im either hoping to use it to insulate a concrete floor, or as insulation in a vaulted roof.
It will have been dried out by the time its installed.

Or is it going in the skip?!

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Post: # 71948Post local patios and driveway

They say you shouldnt use wet kingspan, i guess they would say that. I would think used under a base any damp would dry out as the base does

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Post: # 71949Post lutonlagerlout

you need to use 2 DPMs when using kingspan or celotex under concrete oversites
apparently concrete can rot it long term
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Post: # 71955Post Pablo

there's no way I'd bin kingspan even if it's wet because it's too expensive.
Can't see it from my house

joydivision
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Post: # 71971Post joydivision

Yeah, its what i have managed to accumulate of various jobs. I was hoping to use it in my own extension which im going to start next year.
Like you say, its expensive, so unless I hear otherwise, i will dry it out and use it.
LLL, im aware of the 2 dpm's, been doing that on various jobs for a while. Thats another expense, pricey stuff too!

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Post: # 71972Post lutonlagerlout

JD i cant imagine it getting sopping wet like fibreglass
just maybe a bit damp
and as pablo says too expensive to chuck
i think the top dpm can be 500 gauge but we just use 1200 for both as its on site
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