Installing Foam Board Insulation in the Shipping Container Battery Shed

hey guys it's finally time to start getting some insulation installed in the shipping container I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out how I was gonna make this work and what I was going to do I talked with David pause a little bit and he highly recommended I go with cellulose however there was one particular problem as you can see I am very tall and even with no insulation in here my head is already hitting the ceiling of the shipping container so between the floor and the ceiling that is 8 inches of height I would have lost so 8 inches I would have been scrunching down like this trying to work and that's just not comfortable and so in the end I ended up going with this 2 inch foam board you can pick this up at Home Depot it comes in 4 foot by 8 foot sheets and in talking with David he mentioned that the most important thing with this insulation is to make sure that it's continuous with no gaps or space in between where the insulation joins up so today we're going to start by installing the insulation on the ceiling first the reason why I want to do the ceiling first before I do the walls is that this support beam that comes across the side here is exactly 2 inches thick so when I put this foam board insulation up against the ceiling it is perfectly level with this support beam so once I have the ceiling piece up and the glue is dry I can then come and put the wall pieces up now the wall pieces stick off of the support board about 1/4 to 1/2 an inch so if I were to put the walls up first I think gonna be a little more difficult trying to get the ceiling pieces put in later so I'm going to try my best to cut this to fit I'll need two pieces to go across the top of the ceiling and it will take a day or two to Foulke here before I can come back and work on the walls but before I get started on that I do have a little housekeeping to take care of first now this sand has hitched a ride all the way from North Carolina to get here and it's going out all right so I measure the ceiling at 53 and 1/8 inch right there and 53 and 1/8 is right there and in an attempt to get a clean cut here I'm going to be using a fine-toothed D Walt blade on a reciprocating saw we'll see how that works so that actually gave a pretty clean cut it looks like I just need to hold the blade a little more straight next time but I'm fairly satisfied with it overall [Music] [Music] so for the glue I'm going to be using this Loctite brand PL 300 construction adhesive specifically made for foam board this is what was recommended for me to use on foam board because certain other types of adhesives can actually end up melting the foam rather than gluing it like you want alright now that we got our beads of glue where every rep is going to go on the insulation board we're ready to lift it into place and hopefully do this carefully that way we are not making a mess all right so I've got two supports in place to hold it up it is up as tightly and close to the ceiling as I can get it on the ripped pieces and it does appear to be holding well without the supports the supports are just in there to ensure it stays up tightly against the roof while the glue dries I just have one more piece to do for the other side of the container and we should be good to go with the ceiling all right so I got both pieces in I think it came out pretty good I'll probably use some expanding foam to fill the crack between the two boards but we'll do that once the glue dries you can see it's perfectly flush with that bottom support which is great so I can get the walls put in soon as well so yeah hopefully that answers the question of how I'm gonna deal with the insulation I'm not gonna bother filming the walls because it is difficult to film this reflective insulation and I'm even questioning whether or not I should be uploading this video but I'll probably upload it anyway just to show you what is going on so yeah thanks for watching don't forget to hit the like button if you have any questions or comments please leave them below

Channel: LithiumSolar

Views: 61,328

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Keywords: diy powerwall, off grid solar, shipping container, battery shed, shipping container insulation

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Length: 4min 58sec (298 seconds)

Published: Tue May 05 2020