Blow-in-Blanket™ Insulation

BIBS® is a patented insulation system that blows dry white fiberglass insulation into walls, floors, attics and cathedral ceilings. The BIBS® system makes a custom filling around wiring and fixtures, eliminating costly voids and air gaps.

BIBS® can be used in new construction and retro fit projects. Once BIBS® is installed, no maintenance is required.

It DOES NOT SETTLE, eliminating voids, period.

At C and F, we invite your questions about this amazing breakthrough in insulation technology!

A Custom Fit

HEATING, PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL - A PERFECT FIT!

The most difficult areas to insulate properly are: around pipes, wiring and electrical boxes. Poor insulation here causes drafty outlets freezing pipes and voids. The BlBS® system completely fills around all objects inside the cavity, eliminating all gaps, voids and seams. Installing a perfect fit of insulation within the cavity also results in superior acoustical control, which eliminates annoying sounds.

VAULTED CEILINGS - NO SETTLING

In vaulted ceilings where insulation has settled or was improperly installed leaving gaps and voids, expensive fuel can escape In winter this causes ice dams to form which decrease the life of a roof and lead to extensive damage of intones. The BlBS® system completely insulates the entire cavity.

IRREGULAR FRAMING? UNIFORM DENSITY!

When conventional batting is installed in non-standard cavities or in irregular framed areas, problems occur. Batting must be cut to fit for these areas, creating gaps and seams that allow air to escape and decrease the R-Value. The BlBS® system manufactures a seamless blanket of insulation that custom-fits any size or shape cavity.

This guarantees a uniform R-Value throughout the entire cavity, and controls air infiltration.

SOUND CONTROL

In a this test, a smaller assembly was constructed with wood studs, resilient channels, and gypsum wallboard. Penetrations were made for a single and back-to-back metal electrical boxes, as shown in the graphs to the right. The assembly was tested with:

1. No Insulation
2. Fiber glass batt insulations
3. BIBS Insulation system

In order to simulate a field installation, instead of laboratory conditions, R-11 kraft-faced insulation was cut with up to a 1/8" gap around all three metal electrical boxes. No insulation was installed between the back-to-back electrical boxes.

High sound levels were generated on one side of the assembly, and sound energy was transmitted through the panel. On the quiet side of the assembly, a sound intensity probe was used to scan the surface, measuring regions of locally high and low sound intensity levels.

Sound intensity contour maps were generated from the experiment to graphically display the sound energy transmitted through the wall. The colors indicate local regions of local regions of high and low sound transmission.

The contour maps clearly show the leakage through the back-to-back electrical box penetrations, and slight leakage from the single metal electrical box penetration.

The three tested assemblies show great contrast in their overall levels, and demonstrate the importance of quality installation in sound-rated insulated assemblies. The small gaps in the R-11 batt insulated assembly can clearly reduce the effectiveness of the sound control of the wall in the 500 to 2000 Hz frequency range. With the Blow-In-Blanket System and professionally-trained BIBS installers, the gaps, are virtually eliminated and superior sound control is achieved.

Metal Buildings