Disaster Recovery Shelters
Radiant barrier can be used in temporary shelters aiding in disaster recovery. The amazing tensile strength and UV resistance makes these panels perfect for buildings for shelter and disaster relief and preparedness.
When adding the foil to a temporary shelter, as long as one side of the foil product faces an air gap of ½" or more, the foil can help keep heat out of the structure when it's hot.
The same layer of foil can also keep heat inside a structure when the outside conditions are super cold.
This customer built Decadome® temporary buildings using polystyrene panels coated with AtticFoil™.
Relief from Festival Heat
Radiant barrier blocks heat from the sun like nothing else. This customer fashioned a custom tent covering to beat the heat at Burning Man in the desert.
For larger projects like this, the 48" wide or 60" wide perforated double-sided radiant barrier is great. This customer sewed up a 15'x24' tarp, two half-cone end caps with 8' long Jeep zippers, and two 24' lengths to cover the gap at each end rib. All edges were roll finished and included webbing loops at 18" spacing along entire perimeter except where zippered. Footprint size is approximately 15' wide by 20' long.
The shelter held up to strong winds fine and he was even was able to sleep comfortably in the tent past noon every day without any additional cooling (evap or AC). A little ingenuity and effort can make incredible things!
As long as at least ONE side of the foil product has an air gap, then the foil will block radiant heat in either direction.
Protect Storage
This customer has an extensive Christmas collection that was in a bonus room upstairs. The room was unbearably hot and not suitable for the items to stay in year round.
AtticFoil™ was attached to the ceiling and walls of the unfinished space and then drywall was added about halfway up the walls.
Now the space is not as hot and the surface temps of the Christmas village stay cooler and less prone to damage.
If you have heat-sensitive storage in your attic (or an unfinished bonus room), consider adding a radiant barrier to help cut down on the heat and protect your things.
