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Bruce · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 2:11 pm Post subject: Where to buy Insul-Shield?

I've talked to a half dozen insulation purveyors west of the Mississippi and none of them want to sell me a modest quantity of Johns Manville Insul-Shield, 2" thick unfaced boards, 2' x 4'. I'm looking for 160 to 200 sqft, or 20 to 25 boards. Anyone bought some recently from someone that you can recommend?

There's an outfit here in Portland, Oregon that sells Owens Corning 703, but the dang stuff smells like a dead fish (formaldehyde) and their mineral wool smells about two thirds as bad.

Many thanks,

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Hart · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:13 pm Post subject:

I guess you tried these 2 distributors? http://www.specjm.com/locator/googleresults.asp

Lowe's carries JM residential products. You might try to convince them to special order you some.
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Mike Sommer · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject:

Yeah, try Lowe's, should be able to get it for you. You'll need 3 bails.

Call Johns Manville and find who their distributors are there.
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Deirdre · Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:29 pm Post subject:

The OC 703 stinks?

yipes, what a drag.

The Insul-shield is odorless.
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Mike Sommer · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:12 am Post subject:

Sometimes it can have an odor. Usually setting it out in the sun for a day or two will take care of it.
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Bruce · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:01 am Post subject:

Well begosh and begorrah, there's a lumber yard/building supply company here in town that can order it at just over $1 a sqft for the 2" thick boards. Holy cow, that's about half of what I've seen in the past. It'll take 2 to 3 weeks for them to find room on a truck heading this way from the factory, but I guess I can hide under my quilt for a little while longer.

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Diane Maggipinto · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:21 am Post subject:

another good reason you moved to pdx!
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JTVG · Backstage Pass Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 433

Bruce, one thing to make sure of is that the type they are quoting is exactly the spec that you want. It comes in a variety of densities and thicknesses, and I too was quoted a really low number at first but it turned out not to be the thickness I needed, which was more expensive. Congrats on finding some!
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