Substitute for foamed glass
Substitute for foamed glass
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Hello.
I am in the need of a strong structural material such as foamglas but 15mm thick to be thermal-break. Foamglas is only available 40mm thick. It is the thermal-insulation value and strong in compression qualities of the material I am requiring. The material is to be sandwiched and bonded between two skins of 40mm thick concrete with a total load of about 10kN/m2 including the concrete. No deflection. PUR insulation (kingspan, Celotex) is not suitable due to the fibres. Material may get wet.
Any suggestions, please?
I am in the need of a strong structural material such as foamglas but 15mm thick to be thermal-break. Foamglas is only available 40mm thick. It is the thermal-insulation value and strong in compression qualities of the material I am requiring. The material is to be sandwiched and bonded between two skins of 40mm thick concrete with a total load of about 10kN/m2 including the concrete. No deflection. PUR insulation (kingspan, Celotex) is not suitable due to the fibres. Material may get wet.
Any suggestions, please?






RE: Substitute for foamed glass
RE: Substitute for foamed glass
In which case I would suggest a product called Filcor, from Cordek or something similar. They do a range of products with a 1% compression at loads from 10kN/m2 and 190kN/m2
This is expanded polystyrene as Hokie66 suggests