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Armatherm™ 500
Column Base Thermal Bridging Solution
Traditionally, the base of internal steel columns extends through the floor slab and insulation of the building shell. This results in the creation of a thermal bridge and point transmittance (heat loss) at the base of steel columns in low temperature structures like freezer rooms and cold storage facilities. For exterior columns that support floors or roof overhangs, the same is true. The continuous insulation is broken by the connection between the column and the roof, resulting in heat loss from thermal bridging.
ARMATHERM™500 Benefits
- Critical to maintain CI across ground slab
- Designed to withstand high column loads
- Custom thicknesses available
- Does not wick moisture maintaining thermal performance
- Excellent resistance to long term creep
- Direct alternative to hardwood isolation block
Column Base Thermal Break
With an efficient thermal break at the column connection, Armatherm™ 500, a structural thermal break material, can support and transfer column loads. Armatherm™ 500 can assist in meeting the baseline insulation requirements for floors in refrigerated storage facilities as well as the ASHRAE requirement for continuous insulation with R values as high as R 3.8 per inch.
Column base and foundations
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