For instance if you have a material with an r value of 12 attached to another material with an r value of 3 then both materials combined have an r value of 15.
R value of poured concrete walls.
Cedar logs and lumber.
Eps block forms poured in place with concrete block walls 1 7 8 thick 15 2 15 7 103 7.
By doubling the thickness of the wall to 16 inches the r value only increases by 0 50.
Poured concrete walls can leak moisture through non structural cracks in the wall where the floor and wall meet at the top of the foundation wall or through the porous concrete.
The r value of an uninsulated 8 inch thick basement wall built using normal weight concrete is 1 35 based on data from the 1993 american society of heating refrigeration and air conditioning engineers handbook.
Use the r value table below to help you determine the r value of your wall or ceiling assemblies.
Therefore technically it has no insulation value.
I agree mostly with junio s answer.
2 x 4 wood stud wall 16 o c r 11 batts 1 2.
As we said before the r value measures the thermal resistance of a material.
Reference table for u values u value is the coefficient of transmission i e the transmission of heat through the materials which compose the building s envelope or outer shell.
1 25 2 nominal 1 1 2 1 88 2x4 3 1 2 4 38 2x6 5 1 2 6 88.
Icf foundations have an r value of greater than 20.
But concrete is a conductor of thermal energy not an insulator.
U value has an inverse relationship to r value.
For example a building with material with an r value of r 11 converts to an u value of 0 09 1 r or 1 11 0 09.
A wall s thermal resistance or its r value is its ability to slow the transfer of heat from one side to the other.
Concrete block 4 inch 0 80 concrete block 8 inch 1 11 concrete block 12 inch 1 28 brick 4 inch common 0 80 brick 4 inch face 0 44 poured concrete 0 08 soft wood lumber 1 25 2 inch nominal 1 inch 1 88 2 x 4 3 inch 4 38 2 x 6 5 inch 6 88 cedar logs and lumber 1 33 sheathing materials plywood 1 25.
To obtain a wall or ceiling assembly r value you must add the r values of the individual components together.
However too many people confuse insulation properties with thermal mass many icf dealers d.