Continuous Exterior Insulation

Construction glossary · Exterior

Exterior · definition

Rigid foam over the sheathing, under the siding, that breaks thermal bridging through studs. Increasingly code-relevant and added during re-siding.

Source: DOE Building America Solution Center — Continuous Rigid Insulation Sheathing/Siding

Where this term lands on a Columbus budget

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