R-Tight Panel
PO Box 700
Jeffersonville, VT 05464-0700

phone
(802) 644-2500

fax
(802) 644-2773

email info@rtight.com

About R-Tight Panels

C. How to care for panels at your site. You’ll need space to unload and store different bundles of panels. In order for your panel installation to go smoothly, you’ll want to lay out your bundles so different kinds of panels are easily available. We mark each R-Tight panel with a letter to show where it belongs in your home. Don’t underestimate the amount of room you’ll need. Panels are bulky! More than you think!

We ship your panels wrapped up. After we make your panels at R-Tight, we bundle them, wrap them in polyethylene, then band them together. This keeps your panels dry during shipping and unloading, and helps keep them dry at your site.

Important: If you don’t use your panels within a few days, or there is heavy rain at your site, you must further protect your panels with tarps!

How to store and use your panels. Use these simple rules. You’ll protect your panels from weather and make your installation easier:

• Cover your panels with a tarp to protect them from weather
• Arrange your panel bundles so you can open them only as needed
• Don’t - open a panel bundle until you’re ready to use those panels
• Do - keep the polyurethane wrap on unused panels to protect them from rain
• Do - save the 2" x 6" OSB pieces you find under our bundle straps. You’ll want these as spacers during installation (see page 23, top)

2a. R-Tight panels bundled and strapped

Figure 2b. Store R-Tight panels on ‘stickers’ to protect them from water and dirt at your site

You need to set bundles of panels on 4" x 4" ‘stickers.’ Figure 2 shows you how
to place 4" x 4" stickers to support panels at your site to keep them up off the ground and
dry. It’s best to store your panels on level ground.

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