Heating, Air Conditioning, Fridge, HVAC/insulating the heating ducts

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Expert: J Cook - 1/3/2006


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Thanks for the advice. It has been very clarifying. After your advice i did further research on the net and stumbled upon "Nansulate" it is a paint on insulation with hydro-NM-oxide (by nanotechnologies) that decreases conduction, and reflects back the heat. Patent is pending. Since you are in the field what are the bad things you have heard about it- if you know/heard any thing?

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That is a new product for me, but I can not imagine a paint on insulation that would be as efficient as the fiberglass. If I wanted to use this product, I would paint it on and cover it with the fiberglass. Just the thickness of any painted on product, I do not see how it could have that high of an R value. Thanks, J

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With 25+ years experience, I am familiar with residential, commercial, and industrial HVAC equipment including but not limited to boilers, chillers, reciprocating and screw compressors. I am trained in all manners of control wiring.

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I currently have three HVAC licenses and Refrigeration license by the State of North Carolina. I have been in this field for over twenty years. I have been a service technician for a contractor and also worked at a state college in the repair and maintenance of steam lines and equipment. I am currently the Building Maintenance Superintendent for a municipality.

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