I live in a double wide trailer due to a lifetime of less than great choices. I own it. I will never live in a well-built home this side of a miracle. That said, between the Build Show and RR Builders, I so love when you guys use Rockwool. I love it when you use passive house construction! It gives me the fizz!❤ If by some miricale my life changes, my dream is to live in a modest but well built home 🏡. YOUR VIDEOS GIVE ME HOPE AND INSPIRATION
Been following for nearly 5 years Kyle. You've always done a great job of taking the time to explain things and you are fantastic at making your videos "flow" so to speak. Wonderful to see how far the channel has come in that time. Keep up the good work!
I built a 135' x 80' x 16' eve shop a couple of years ago. One thing I did that I don't regret is after the insulation, I sheeted the whole inside from floor to ceiling with 3/4" osb. Then put metal over it. It's crazy solid and when I ran airlines and electric I wasn't dictated by where my studs/purlins were. And now if I mount something on the wall I do it where it's most convenient for me.
I come from the manufacturing world, that plant has a great housekeeping program. Very clean considering the product. Magic of video: same day plant visit, said with a grin lol. Great video
I just used this on my garage. Easy to work with and high performance. A bit more pricy versus fiberglass insulation but it performs better versus sound so it was worth it.
@@jwristen24 True, there is 'some' bridging in every wall assembly...no such thing as zero bridging, but it is minimal in this wall. Exterior insulation adds a lot of cost for modest benefit, not to mention that few contractors in 'middle America' know how to install it properly. Doing a double stud wall with a fully bridged insulated gap might provide better results and cost less than exterior insulation, depending on where you are.
@dlg5485 agreed but for my money there's no better assembly than 2 inches wall and 4 inches roof exterior insulation. It's costly albeit but can't beat the comfort
Installed four pallets of R15 comfortbatts. Some of the batts fall apart when you handle them. Others are nice and firm. Consistency is not good. Their packaging leaves a lot to be desired. They are wrapped so tightly that the end batts are crushed. The middle ones are fine. The product is overly-hyped. It's good but could be improved with better packaging and what ever is causing the inconsistency of cohesion of the product. Sound deadening capability is amazing.
Very cool, that is a great product. You are going to be nice and warm in your workshop, it’s gonna be worth all the hard work and investment. Cheers from Tokyo!
That was neat to see the inside of the plant. I live about 3 miles from the West Virginia plant. they offer community visits to tour the plant. I need to sign up for the next one!! Nice stuff!!
Before I retired, I had done electrical work in a fiberglass insulation plant. And yes that plant had so much dust/particles floating in the air, it was like a haze. The company changed hands, it was cleaned up! I want to see just how there process is. I’ve worked in stone quarries, vinyl siding plants, cement plants. The dust that rockwool makes can’t be as much as what places I’ve worked in. I’ll post another update once I go next month. Thanks for your concern.
Amazing job I love that rockwool Greg is a very smart young man you two guys take pride in your work most carpenters don’t care get the money and run I love all your details you do also❤
I love your videos! What I love more is having greg mic'ed up more for the trash talk that happens!! You are very informative and helped me learn a lot. I have plans to build my dream home in a few years and am going to use what I have learned from you to do it. Thank you so much fir everything. If I was in your area I would have you build it for me
Rockwool is awesome! I’ve tried the other brand of mineral wool also but the Rockwool batts are just the right combination of stiff enough but flexible enough to get a perfect fit to completely fill the cavity and allow easy custom cut and fit. I like its fire resistance and especially its ability to deny any rodent a place to live in your walls. I’ve used it several times now and I will NEVER buy another piece of fiberglass for the rest of my life.
Through the magic of Television™! Great work, I appreciate the showmanship. The shop is looking good too, that place is going to be well insulated but with the rockwool it's going to be a lot more fire-resistant than a standard wood frame structure.
Fab video, I had no idea that Rockwool was actual made from rocks. I always find it fascinating how not only a product like this is invented but also the machines to make it.
Rockwool factory tour was so cool. I can tell its a new experience for you Kyle to present from a factory but practice makes perfect and getting inside those places are really cool
Have specified this stuff for custom gensets for mining here in Western Australia. Insulates very well, drops the decibel rating along with perforated sheet and baffles, and especially good around hot areas like exhaust penetrations. Bloody good stuff.
Up here in Rockford ...My brother and 1st cousin are architects they turned me on to you love your vids... Can't wait to hear of your collaboration with Texas based builder with mass timber ..Again great work on this shop...
Risinger and some builder in Texas are talking of doing a state of the art mass timber collaboration I guess could be hearsay I truly apologize if not the case
as an ex-insulator, we used plastic strapping and a stapler...its quick, easy and does the job. Doesn't need to be heavily applied, just enough to keep the insulation from falling/slipping out
When the interior finishes go on it will be reflect sound again. Musicians build sound attenuation panels with this and cover it with acoustic open fabric. Until they find out it irritates the eyes, sinuses, throat and lungs. I’m glad he’s putting the air barrier over it to seal it in.
Cool. Plant Tour. You can see the material that was ordered 180 days ago being made. Great stuff. Wish the lead time was more reasonable. We are now ordering 6-7 months in advance for sound walls, midfloors and flash and batt jobs.
hi guys, most acoustic panels are made with rockwool filling, so I was thinking that if you cover the the two thirds top part of your walls by a simple diy horizontal slat solution with void in between or cnc wood panels with small holes so you will keep the acoustic sound panels all around at very low cost, and keep that noise reflexion very comfy. And you do the first third with something like metal you are used to for an easy to wash purpose it would make a good looking and nice place to work.
Remondeld a house and used both the sound dealing and the insulation from Rockwool and can’t say how easy and how much I love this stuff. We just moved to Oklahoma and I’m trying to decide on how I want to insulate a 30 x 50 shop.
Great video!! Only thing I would do is stagger the vertical batts as well, that way the vertical air convection between the batts is only 4’ tall rather than 18’
Your comfort board came from Milton Ontario, I know that because the truck that delivered it had Ontario plates. That plant would be cool for a tour it’s pretty big.
I'll be using Rockwool on my post frame as well. In fact, I'm going to build my post frame the same way you have been building your dream shop but a different style. I like vaulted ceilings so I'm going to use beams like a timber frame instead of trusses like you use.
I'd like to see what you and other contractors do about post-construction waste and recycling. Those rockwool wraps use alot of plastic film and there has to be some market to recycle all those batts wraps. And never bury wood waste along the properties. Either recycle or reclaim (as heat source) the scraps. Even nails/screws can be mag-swept and saved to turn in to scrap yards. Oh and a big user of Rockwool.
Maybe a perforated film wrap and link them together somehow to use as the cross bay holders to eliminate the bulging. Probably not rigid enough though,like the strapping
The rockwool guy should have recommended the mounting spikes that are used for this specific purpose. You screw them in and they have a short spike that you spear the panel onto.
I swore I heard Greg say “you are sagging in the middle “ not staggered ..but was staggered & sagging..either way an amazing video & yes the nails coming through the plywood would stab & hold the batts
With the entirely filled cavities I’m wondering how much it complicates the electrical work. I suppose there is still space to run vertical behind the girts once they’re on. I’d be interested in seeing a bit on the electrical with this project when it gets there. Thanks for the detailed information you’re providing on your project, cool stuff!
Is there an air gap at the top of the wall? I would have thrown up some tyvek for the days when it was miserably cold. Would have made a difference. TBS, alternatively I’ll just stay where some consider 40 degrees to be “freezing”.
I found your channel a couple months ago. Love the thoughtfulness behind your choices and construction methods. I am curious why you decided to not stagger the seams of your insulation? I might be over thinking it. Beautiful work!
A bunch of years ago at the ICAA Show the Roxul booth had a blow torch that was blasting a Batt all day, everyday of the show. They also had a framed room with Roxul Batt in the wall - walk down the hall, make a left turn and you couldn’t hear any of the noise from the show. I vacuum Old Mineral Wool out of attics a couple times a year and nobody is interested in recycling the material.
Hey Kyle Our shop builder didn't install housewrap . Should I apply that now on the outside strapping from inside before I insulate the shop walls or I can go without it? Alberta , cold and dry climate. The posts are 5ply 2x8.
that was very interesting, knowing now how the ground/roofsheets(we call it markisolering, ground insulation) are made, and im guessing the fluffier wall sheets are made the same. there is rockwool and there is isover(wich suck). rockwool is da best
What insulation did you use in your old shop? I’ve only been watching for about a yr and a half and don’t know much about your old building. That is also neat how you got to tour the insulation factory!
Any thoughts on the Rockwool getting installed on the back side of house wrap without the wood sheeting? More of a typical post frame with the building is house wrapped and steel put over that on the outside
How is installing the insulation first, how is that going to impact installation of electrical and plumbing? Are the utilities going to be installed on the room side of the sheeting rather than in the wall?
That was a straight-up old school "This Old House" episode, complete with the factory visit in the middle. 😊
The next Tom Silva.
Better than what that show is now. It’s just a huge product placement show without showing anything useful anymore.
I thought the same!
Kyle is the closest modern day itteration of Norm Abram we have for sure, he would kill it on that show
Hey, I’m Bob Villa, today we’re going to tackle some insulation on a pole barn
The Rockwool tour was really interesting, thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it
@@RRBuildingsI’ve been able to see the Owen cornings thermafiber plant. It’s the same process, very cool!
I live in a double wide trailer due to a lifetime of less than great choices. I own it. I will never live in a well-built home this side of a miracle. That said, between the Build Show and RR Builders, I so love when you guys use Rockwool. I love it when you use passive house construction! It gives me the fizz!❤ If by some miricale my life changes, my dream is to live in a modest but well built home 🏡. YOUR VIDEOS GIVE ME HOPE AND INSPIRATION
Thanks for taking us along for the rock wool factory tour. HQ 2.0 is really coming along nicely
Been following for nearly 5 years Kyle. You've always done a great job of taking the time to explain things and you are fantastic at making your videos "flow" so to speak. Wonderful to see how far the channel has come in that time. Keep up the good work!
I built a 135' x 80' x 16' eve shop a couple of years ago. One thing I did that I don't regret is after the insulation, I sheeted the whole inside from floor to ceiling with 3/4" osb. Then put metal over it. It's crazy solid and when I ran airlines and electric I wasn't dictated by where my studs/purlins were. And now if I mount something on the wall I do it where it's most convenient for me.
Sheets of 3/4 OSB used depending on doors and windows is around 1450 pieces?
@@staudtj1 Pretty sure it's only 215 sheets of 4'x8'x3/4" OSB
135+135+80+80 linear feet x16' for surface area divide by (4*8) you get 215
@@c.a.martin3029 I screwed up, you are correct
I used rockwool on my bedroom remodel. It was a total pleasure to work with. Sound absorption is great it's worth the extra cost if you can afford it
Besides helping you, the rep got a chance to see how the product gets installed in a very good way. On-the-job experience, can't beat it.
I come from the manufacturing world, that plant has a great housekeeping program. Very clean considering the product.
Magic of video: same day plant visit, said with a grin lol. Great video
People can say what they want but I love that insulation clotting table.
I just used this on my garage. Easy to work with and high performance. A bit more pricy versus fiberglass insulation but it performs better versus sound so it was worth it.
That building is going to have incredible sound and thermal insulation.
Kyle, you have a 2nd calling as the new host for "how it's made" series on home building products!
Love love that show.
That is a really nice wall system, plenty of insulation and no thermal bridging. Well done!
There is bridging on the columns where the girts are. Exterior insulation is the only way to eliminate that
Why did you remove those bolts from the beam?
@@jwristen24 True, there is 'some' bridging in every wall assembly...no such thing as zero bridging, but it is minimal in this wall. Exterior insulation adds a lot of cost for modest benefit, not to mention that few contractors in 'middle America' know how to install it properly. Doing a double stud wall with a fully bridged insulated gap might provide better results and cost less than exterior insulation, depending on where you are.
@dlg5485 agreed but for my money there's no better assembly than 2 inches wall and 4 inches roof exterior insulation. It's costly albeit but can't beat the comfort
@@JacobLongActingJourney was wondering that too.
Such a cool tour intro/outro! Please do more of those in the future!
Installed four pallets of R15 comfortbatts. Some of the batts fall apart when you handle them. Others are nice and firm. Consistency is not good. Their packaging leaves a lot to be desired. They are wrapped so tightly that the end batts are crushed. The middle ones are fine. The product is overly-hyped. It's good but could be improved with better packaging and what ever is causing the inconsistency of cohesion of the product. Sound deadening capability is amazing.
Very cool, that is a great product.
You are going to be nice and warm in your workshop, it’s gonna be worth all the hard work and investment.
Cheers from Tokyo!
The effective r value of the wall must be phenomenal!
I love Rockwool. I've been using it since 2014. Best insulation on the market.
This video answered my question about only insulating behind the columns and leaving that air space.
Definitely want to watch the rockwool pros and cons video!
Placed RW in the exterior walls, attic and around the bedrooms; love the stuff!
Really liked the factory tour. Thanks. The cutting jig is pretty clever.
That was neat to see the inside of the plant. I live about 3 miles from the West Virginia plant. they offer community visits to tour the plant. I need to sign up for the next one!! Nice stuff!!
Oh wow! I’d do it if I was you
That stuff produces so much toxic dust, I wouldn't go anywhere near that place
Before I retired, I had done electrical work in a fiberglass insulation plant. And yes that plant had so much dust/particles floating in the air, it was like a haze. The company changed hands, it was cleaned up! I want to see just how there process is. I’ve worked in stone quarries, vinyl siding plants, cement plants. The dust that rockwool makes can’t be as much as what places I’ve worked in. I’ll post another update once I go next month. Thanks for your concern.
Amazing job I love that rockwool Greg is a very smart young man you two guys take pride in your work most carpenters don’t care get the money and run I love all your details you do also❤
Wonderful tutorial! Loved the tour, too. Very informative. We look forward to seeing your video comparing the rockwool and spray insulation, et al.
I love your videos! What I love more is having greg mic'ed up more for the trash talk that happens!! You are very informative and helped me learn a lot. I have plans to build my dream home in a few years and am going to use what I have learned from you to do it. Thank you so much fir everything. If I was in your area I would have you build it for me
Rockwool is awesome! I’ve tried the other brand of mineral wool also but the Rockwool batts are just the right combination of stiff enough but flexible enough to get a perfect fit to completely fill the cavity and allow easy custom cut and fit. I like its fire resistance and especially its ability to deny any rodent a place to live in your walls. I’ve used it several times now and I will NEVER buy another piece of fiberglass for the rest of my life.
That Rockwool is brilliant, it stacks real well and holds its self to the wall, And looks good too.
Thanks for taking us to see the production of the product Rock Wool.
Through the magic of Television™! Great work, I appreciate the showmanship. The shop is looking good too, that place is going to be well insulated but with the rockwool it's going to be a lot more fire-resistant than a standard wood frame structure.
I was so glad to see another video available. Looking good gentlemen!
Very nice guys, it's always nice to have the product expert right there for any questions!! The tour was really neat!!
Rockwool is AWESOME!!!! Thanks for the video Kyle! 😁👍🏼😁👍🏼
Awesome episode!!! Really appreciate the factory tour! Very informative!!! Thank you Kyle and Greg! You guys rock!!
With that amount of insulation - and the attention to detail of the installation - you could probably heat that place with a hairdryer. Great work.
Fab video, I had no idea that Rockwool was actual made from rocks. I always find it fascinating how not only a product like this is invented but also the machines to make it.
Rockwool factory tour was so cool. I can tell its a new experience for you Kyle to present from a factory but practice makes perfect and getting inside those places are really cool
Your shop is going to be toasty warm in the winter.....and cool & crisp with AC in the summer.
That product tour was amazing.
I haven't used it but I've been learning about it and looking for an opportunity to do so.
Thanks we enjoyed seeing it all
Have specified this stuff for custom gensets for mining here in Western Australia. Insulates very well, drops the decibel rating along with perforated sheet and baffles, and especially good around hot areas like exhaust penetrations. Bloody good stuff.
I like the factory tours.
Up here in Rockford ...My brother and 1st cousin are architects they turned me on to you love your vids... Can't wait to hear of your collaboration with Texas based builder with mass timber ..Again great work on this shop...
Who did I collab with in Texas?
@@RRBuildings I asked my cousin says she heard of you and Matt
Risinger and some builder in Texas are talking of doing a state of the art mass timber collaboration I guess could be hearsay I truly apologize if not the case
The sound change was amazing
Wow !! That was a very cool learning experience!!
Lyle and Craig are so fun to watch.!
thanks for teaching !!! ,greetings from ARGENTINA
Man looks cold Kyle! Love your content. Thank you!!!
Love how the audio changes as you progressed, from slightly echo'y to slightly flat sound, wish i had it in my house.
this wille be WELL isnulated! love it!
That was an awesome field trip.
The rockwool tour was dope.
I liked the product tour. Would love to see more of those.
Noted!
Kyle, I've always found some HVAC duct support webbing is an easy way to hold in insulation. Easy and quick to roll it out and staple to each post.
Thanks for the factory tour, it was great. Ray
Love the factory tour!
as an ex-insulator, we used plastic strapping and a stapler...its quick, easy and does the job. Doesn't need to be heavily applied, just enough to keep the insulation from falling/slipping out
Good morning to you all
"Inginuitive? Is that a word?" Hahahaha, dude this is just one of many, many reasons your channel is so awesome!
Cool factory tour!
You are legends guys. God bless
The sound quality now, when you were up near the completed wall, compared to when the shop was bare, was crazy.
When the interior finishes go on it will be reflect sound again. Musicians build sound attenuation panels with this and cover it with acoustic open fabric. Until they find out it irritates the eyes, sinuses, throat and lungs. I’m glad he’s putting the air barrier over it to seal it in.
Cool. Plant Tour. You can see the material that was ordered 180 days ago being made. Great stuff. Wish the lead time was more reasonable. We are now ordering 6-7 months in advance for sound walls, midfloors and flash and batt jobs.
Very impressive install.
The company I work for use the top rock on some of its projects. Really cool thanks.
hi guys, most acoustic panels are made with rockwool filling, so I was thinking that if you cover the the two thirds top part of your walls by a simple diy horizontal slat solution with void in between or cnc wood panels with small holes so you will keep the acoustic sound panels all around at very low cost, and keep that noise reflexion very comfy. And you do the first third with something like metal you are used to for an easy to wash purpose it would make a good looking and nice place to work.
Little tight Greg, little loose Greg. Imagine living with this guy 24/7.
Love it so much keep it up as always 💘
LOVE FACTORY TOURS 😉
Pretty cool, great product!
Remondeld a house and used both the sound dealing and the insulation from Rockwool and can’t say how easy and how much I love this stuff. We just moved to Oklahoma and I’m trying to decide on how I want to insulate a 30 x 50 shop.
Great video!! Only thing I would do is stagger the vertical batts as well, that way the vertical air convection between the batts is only 4’ tall rather than 18’
Your comfort board came from Milton Ontario, I know that because the truck that delivered it had Ontario plates. That plant would be cool for a tour it’s pretty big.
I'll be using Rockwool on my post frame as well. In fact, I'm going to build my post frame the same way you have been building your dream shop but a different style. I like vaulted ceilings so I'm going to use beams like a timber frame instead of trusses like you use.
Awesome
Great product easy-to-use
Going to check rockwool for my garage insulation now.
Question here. Why did you remove the lag bolts from your column brackets?
To replace them with bigger ones
@@RRBuildings Gotcha. Thank you for the reply Kyle!
I'd like to see what you and other contractors do about post-construction waste and recycling. Those rockwool wraps use alot of plastic film and there has to be some market to recycle all those batts wraps. And never bury wood waste along the properties. Either recycle or reclaim (as heat source) the scraps. Even nails/screws can be mag-swept and saved to turn in to scrap yards. Oh and a big user of Rockwool.
Maybe a perforated film wrap and link them together somehow to use as the cross bay holders to eliminate the bulging. Probably not rigid enough though,like the strapping
The rockwool guy should have recommended the mounting spikes that are used for this specific purpose. You screw them in and they have a short spike that you spear the panel onto.
Very Interesting!! Thanks. ❤👌🤟
THat stuff is awesome!
I swore I heard Greg say “you are sagging in the middle “ not staggered ..but was staggered & sagging..either way an amazing video & yes the nails coming through the plywood would stab & hold the batts
great factory tour…
With the entirely filled cavities I’m wondering how much it complicates the electrical work. I suppose there is still space to run vertical behind the girts once they’re on. I’d be interested in seeing a bit on the electrical with this project when it gets there. Thanks for the detailed information you’re providing on your project, cool stuff!
80° warmer down the road at the factory
Is there an air gap at the top of the wall? I would have thrown up some tyvek for the days when it was miserably cold. Would have made a difference.
TBS, alternatively I’ll just stay where some consider 40 degrees to be “freezing”.
I found your channel a couple months ago. Love the thoughtfulness behind your choices and construction methods. I am curious why you decided to not stagger the seams of your insulation? I might be over thinking it. Beautiful work!
A bunch of years ago at the ICAA Show the Roxul booth had a blow torch that was blasting a Batt all day, everyday of the show. They also had a framed room with Roxul Batt in the wall - walk down the hall, make a left turn and you couldn’t hear any of the noise from the show.
I vacuum Old Mineral Wool out of attics a couple times a year and nobody is interested in recycling the material.
I worked at an open pit mine in Ontario for 4 years were all the rock is mined for the Rockwool company. Truely where it starts.
Hey Kyle
Our shop builder didn't install housewrap .
Should I apply that now on the outside strapping from inside before I insulate the shop walls or I can go without it?
Alberta , cold and dry climate.
The posts are 5ply 2x8.
Rock on!
I am building a sandwhich panel workshop this year with two steel sheets and a foam core in the middle. Why are these not popular in the US?
Maybe because of cost?
Hey Kyle, some info on that Rockwool cutting table you are using, looks like the way to fly.
I'm allergic to the pink stuff. Definitely using Rockwool next build!
that was very interesting, knowing now how the ground/roofsheets(we call it markisolering, ground insulation) are made, and im guessing the fluffier wall sheets are made the same. there is rockwool and there is isover(wich suck). rockwool is da best
What insulation did you use in your old shop? I’ve only been watching for about a yr and a half and don’t know much about your old building. That is also neat how you got to tour the insulation factory!
Should you use another 2” of comfort board between the interior 2”x6”s to fill the airspace aswell?
Thanks for sharing. Love the product. We use it in our projects also. What guide and hand saw were you using to make your rips. Thanks!
Any thoughts on the Rockwool getting installed on the back side of house wrap without the wood sheeting? More of a typical post frame with the building is house wrapped and steel put over that on the outside
How is installing the insulation first, how is that going to impact installation of electrical and plumbing? Are the utilities going to be installed on the room side of the sheeting rather than in the wall?
Stay tuned. Love that detail with post frame