Stress Skin Roof Panels

The core made from polyurethane or styrene foam is both durable and light weight.

Stress skin roof panels.

We are the only sip manufacturer with install teams that come directly to your site and build your structure in days rather than months. The skins are most often made from oriented strand board osb but other building material such as gypsum wall board sheetrock plywood wafer board and sheet metal are used as well. Besides our basic sips sometimes referred to as stress skin panels of expanded polystyrene eps insulation sandwiched between oriented strand board osb skins used in the log and timber frame industries we offer specialty panels exclusive to our brands. These skins include metal drywall and or structural wood composition sheathing such as plywood waferboard and oriented strand board osb.

These wall and roof panels are custom fabricated for every sunlight home design. Structural insulated panels sips also known as foam core or stress skin panels are a highly energy efficient and superior alternative to stud frame construction. A stressed skin panel is an insulated building panel that is comprised of a foam core sandwiched between two skins. They are factory built under controlled conditions which increases the quality and precision of the finished product.

Foam core panels also called stress skin panels sandwich panels structural foam panels and structural insulated panels are replacing stud framing in some residential construction. 1 2 oriented strand board sheathing on the outside expanded polystyrene foam insulation in the middle 1 2 osb backer board and optional 1 2 sheet rock on the inside. This article offers detailed suggestions for diagnosing and repairing rot leaks delamination or other damage to stress skin insulated panels sips used in timberframe and other building construction. We have been working with sips since 1985 and in that time we ve become the best at what we do.

The panels are called sip s structural insulated panels. Stress skin panels are used to carry loads and also insulate roofs.