hey folks i'm going to share a homestead hack with you on uh cutting foam board insulation stay tuned
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welcome to pioneer minnows hobby farm i'm your host jerry hansen this is a homestead hack i want
to share with you guys i'm working on a project here on the homestead today and i'm cutting foam
board insulation i have been this is two inch thick and it's foil backed and white on the other
side and i was looking to find out what is the best method to use and the easiest method to use
to cut foam board insulation one method i found you just use a simple box knife you can cut it
and do it that way and then cut it again yeah that's one way to cut it now if you're going with
thicker insulation you don't want to worry about snapping and
breaking and slicing again get you one of these knives they extend way out these are the break
off blades and it's sharp it's new you can use that it'll go through easily a two inch thick
insulation which would is what this is also online they have these really expensive heated knives
that are designed to cut foam board insulation if you're doing a lot and that is your job
go for it but this is a one time only event and i'm going to do it as cheap as possible
and as easy as possible and the method i chose is this just simply using my jigsaw
yeah but the blade i'm using is the metal blades the blaze that cut metal because
they're really fine tooth and they do a great job at cutting the styrofoam see there's the cut
that's what it looks like when i cut the styrofoam with the uh the metal blade on the jigsaw
and this is what it looks like when i cut it with a knife and then snapped it
you can also use a handsaw it does the same effect but i want speed check this out
now i cut this in real time for you i did not speed it up slow it down or anything
so you see how much of a control you have and look at that surface that was cut
so another question is which side do you face out on your uh your project well that depends
if you're trying to keep heat in the room you want the foil side in to reflect that heat back
into the room but if you want the room to be cool like say you're building a walk-in cooler
you want the foil side to face out and the white side to face in because you want the foil side to
reflect the heat back out through the external wall so i hope that answers your question and
gives you an idea of a homestead hack on working with foam board insulation i'm your host jerry
hansen this is pine meadows hobby farm i want to thank you guys for sharing this adventure with us
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