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

phone
(802) 644-2500

fax
(802) 644-2773

email info@rtight.com

Preface

We wrote this installation manual for you, our customers of R-Tight Panel. If you study this manual carefully, it will provide you, the builder, the basics of proper panel installation. If you have some building experience, this manual should teach you techniques you need to know to install panels for the first time. If you have no prior building experience, you should probably hire a professional builder to install your panels. This will be money well spent!

Important: The machinery and tools required for panel installation - flatbed truck, crane, circular saw, beam-cutter saw, drills, and the like, are inherently dangerous if misused. Panels are heavy, bulky, and in the hands of unskilled installers, potentially dangerous.

The techniques we explain in this manual worked well for us on many timberframe and structural stress-skin panel homes in the past. We discovered these techniques largely by trial and error in the field, applying stress-skin panels to timberframes. However, we make no warranties about the safety of any procedure!

Important: Read this manual carefully, study the procedures well, and plan in detail before beginning your panel application. Work carefully and thoughtfully. Be very concerned with personal safety, and treat all power tools with the respect they deserve.

Congratulations! With R-Tight Panels, you’ve purchased the finest stress-skin panels produced. Work carefully and you’ll create a super energy efficient home. One that will please you for years to come!

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This entire manual is © R-Tight Panel, 1999. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted or reproduced, in whole or in part, without the written permission of R-Tight Panel. © 1999, R-Tight Panel