R-Tight Panel PO Box 700 Jeffersonville, VT 05464-0700 phone (802) 644-2500 fax (802) 644-2773 email info@rtight.com
Table of Contents
0. Preface
1. Introduction
Drawing: Panel types Figure 1. Check your deck
2. About R-Tight panels
A. Types of panels B. How we ship panels to you C. How to care for panels at your site Figure 2a,b. How to store panels D. Splines, nails, expanding foam sealer, etc.
3. Tools of the trade
A. Crane/hoist B. Circular saw C. Beam-cutter saw D. Hot knife/foam grinder E. Hammer
4. Sample panel layout diagram
Drawing: Sample panel layout - walls Drawing: Sample panel layout - roof
5. Before you start
A. Preferred deck details Figure 3. Recommended deck detail Figure 4. Alternate deck detail B. How to install roof tongue & groove C. How to rout timbers for wires Figure 5. How to rout wire chases D. How to work with wall panels Figure 6. Use spacers for drywall Figure 7. Rout your timbers for drywall Figure 8. Apply drywall before panels Figure 9. Eaves panel details Figure 10a. Cut your panel edges Figure 10b. Control your nails Figure 11. How to install splines right Figure 12. Use panel scraps in other locations Figure 13. Use horizontal panel pieces to fill in Figure 14. Outside corner details Figure 15. How to use your hot knife Figure 16. Internal corner details Figure 17. Typical room ‘bump out’ E. How to install roof panels Figure 18. Examples of vertical and horizontal roof panels Figure 19. Fly in your roof panels Figure 20. Roof panel details Figure 21. Valley system details
6. How to wire through panels
A. Chases & vertical wires: general ways to wire panels Figure 22. EPS panel with wire chase B. Tricks of the trade - panel offsets i. Spacers Figure 23. Create your wire chase with spacers ii. Frame overhangs Figure 24. Create your wire chase with frame overhangs iii. ‘Gaps and spaces’ Figure 25. Wire from chase into basement Figure 26. Wire into basement with frame overhang C. How to wire your upper floors Figure 27. Wire from chase to upper floors D. False walls save you time and trouble in the kitchen & bath Figure 28. Build a false wall in kitchen & bath E. How to use door & window openings to solve wiring problems Figure 29. Wire behind door & window cutouts
A. Chases & vertical wires: general ways to wire panels Figure 22. EPS panel with wire chase
B. Tricks of the trade - panel offsets
i. Spacers Figure 23. Create your wire chase with spacers ii. Frame overhangs Figure 24. Create your wire chase with frame overhangs iii. ‘Gaps and spaces’ Figure 25. Wire from chase into basement Figure 26. Wire into basement with frame overhang
C. How to wire your upper floors Figure 27. Wire from chase to upper floors D. False walls save you time and trouble in the kitchen & bath Figure 28. Build a false wall in kitchen & bath E. How to use door & window openings to solve wiring problems Figure 29. Wire behind door & window cutouts
7. Plumbing in panels - don’t! Here’s why!
8. Finishing up
A. Window & door cutouts Figure 30. Window opening spans two panels Figure 31. Large window opening with panel pieces Figure 32. Door rough opening B. Install your doors & windows C. Gable overhangs Figure 33. Gable overhang details D. Eaves details Figure 34. Eaves details E. Vent your roof Figure 35. Vented roof details F. House wrap G. Foam like a pro Figure 36. Foam channel detail H. How to apply exterior siding
9. More information about R-Tight
