The r value of an uninsulated 8 inch thick basement wall built using normal weight concrete is 1 35 based on data from the 1993 american society of heating refrigeration and air conditioning engineers handbook.
													
																	R value of poured concrete walls. 
									
	
		
	
																	Poured concrete foundations icf foundations are more energy efficient less prone to moisture intrusion less sensitive to cold temperatures than poured concrete foundations. 
																	Concrete block 4 inch 0 80 concrete block 8 inch 1 11 concrete block 12 inch 1 28 brick 4 inch common 0 80 brick 4 inch face 0 44 poured concrete 0 08 soft wood lumber 1 25 2 inch nominal 1 inch 1 88 2 x 4 3 inch 4 38 2 x 6 5 inch 6 88 cedar logs and lumber 1 33 sheathing materials plywood 1 25. 
																	If you live in a place where the the average temperature is above or below about 70 degrees fahrenheit it should really be insulated. 
																	Wall outside air film winter 0 17. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Icf foundations have an r value of greater than 20. 
																	By doubling the thickness of the wall to 16 inches the r value only increases by 0 50. 
																	Eps block forms poured in place with concrete block walls 1 7 8 thick 15 2 15 7 103 7. 
																	Calculating assembly wall r value. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Concrete block makes a cost effective and structurally sound wall but it has little thermal resistance. 
																	Depending on the density of the blocks an 8 inch thick block wall without any other type of. 
																	What is special about the sandwich panel r value calculator is that for the first time ever you can calculate a mass enhanced r value for a sandwich panel wall. 
																	As we said before the r value measures the thermal resistance of a material. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	The methodology for this calculation is described in the mass enhanced r value of precast concrete sandwich panels an industry standard. 
																	Concrete is a great thermal mass but a terrible insulator. 
																	Mass enhanced r value for sandwich panels. 
																	Assembly r value 1 assembly u value 1 u studs x u cavity x component. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	2 x 4 wood stud wall 16 o c r 11 batts 1 2. 
																	An uninsulated foundation has an r value between that of a single and a double pane window.