Residential Uses

INSTA-PANELS® have many uses for in your home. Use them on the walls of basements and underneath concrete floors to assure that you are minimizing your heat losses through the ground.

Sample House Savings using INSTA-PANELS

Based on the Following Assumptions:
1. House type: single detached, one story, and full basement
2. Dimensions: rectangular in shape 40 x 60 ft, wall high 8ft

Sample houses are built the same but are insulated in different ways.

  • House 1 - Walls and ceiling insulated by fiberglass
  • House 2 - Walls and ceiling insulated by polyurethane foam (air and vapor barrier)
  • House 3 - Walls and ceiling insulated by polyurethane foam basement walls insulated with INSTA-PANELS
  • House 4 - Walls and ceiling insulated by polyurethane foam basement walls and floor insulated with INSTA-PANELS
Effective R Value
  House 1 House 2 House 3 House 4
Ceiling R-12 R-20 R-20 R-20
Main Walls R-12 R-20 R-20 R-20
Basement Walls NIL N/I R-12 R-12
Basement Walls N/I N/I N/I R-12
Heating Costs
Per Month $218 $196 $136 $129
Per Year $2,626 $2,357 $1,640 $1,548

Conclusions:

  1. Comparing house # 2 and 4 - The difference in heating costs between insulated and uninsulated floor will most likely be up to 54%.
  2. The better the house is insulated (walls and ceiling) = the more energy is lost through an uninsulated floor.
  3. For house # 2, the main heat loss area is the floor, house # 4 windows loss the same amount of energy that floor do.

If you plan to have In-Floor Heating then INSTA-PANELS are your #1 choice for floor insulation.

  • Without strong insulation - You will be heating the ground
  • INSTA-PANELS are cost effective & easy to install yourself