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This thing has no insulation pluming etc. It's basically just a tent.

Sill at 2100$ worth of materials it does not need to last very long and frankly he can toss a tarp over it if there is rain in the forecast.




> This thing has no insulation

It is literally made of insulation. You didn't read the article.


He actually mentions significant solar gain on a white structure with partial shade and minimal windows. This is a sign of an insulation problem.

3/4” blue-board foam on it's own does not provide significant insulation you can find better windows. A well insulated house is going to have significant air dead space etc, which makes a huge difference.

Re reading he used two layers of blue board, but I would surprised if he hit R-8 equivalent overall. That fluffy pink foam blocks you see people use are often R-19 and that's in addition to the rest of the wall in a normal house.

Though because it's such a tiny space it's still probably cheap to heat and cool.


Yeah, 1.5" of blue board is probably not sufficient. I imagine carving 4" blocks of foam to fit tightly together would be more rigid and weatherproof, but cutting all those angles just right is difficult.


except aren't all the angles the same? In that case, you make a jig..




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