Break The ICE | ICE Panels vs SIPs

ICE Panels and SIP Panels share some distinct similarities, but there are also some significant differences between the two as well. Follow along as we compare these two building products and discuss why ICE Panels are the better option for achieving peak energy efficiency.

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[mylesoffgrid]

I got the GSBP ICE in our build. It was a warm winter

[grantcrawford]

Wood will last just as long as steel as long as the house is built properly and moisture doesn't get in. Since so many passive houses are built with sips, the thermal bridging is not an issue. This video is industry talk designed to sell you a product, not educate you. Not that this is a bad product (compared to traditional building its probably great), but it's basically another SIPS panel.

[ScoutyBoyO]

If wood is so bad, why do I see wood trusses and floor decking? How do you modify the ICE panel? All means and methods will require some modification.

[koryleach]

Just a moment here. You still need to sheath the house with ICE panels and that is going to be a lumber product like OSB with a WRB over it then siding. Not giving the ICE panel hate over SIP, but you're being a bit disingenuous about your prioritizing of one over the other. Also if the frame is not stick built I.E. Timber framed then SIPS takes any thermal drift out of the equation.

[karlakay]

You did not define what ICE stsnds for or how they are made or who makes them

[mikegrok]

In my view as a property owner in a neighborhood with frequent gun violence, is that ICFs are bulletproof and SIPs are not. I may use SIPs for the roof though.

[DanLiese]

Is this the same panels that Thermasteel is promoting?

[GordHarvey]

Why don't you have video's on installing the ICE panels showing how easy it is, all you video's are only about how great your product is.

[tedbrown]

Steel joints run much colder than wood joints. That's a fact so, she lied about that aspect of ICE panels.

[AKMetalGod]

Essentially a steel version of the Ray Core panels. I personally won't use steel studs even if they are galvanized, But I live on the coast in Alaska. Not going to install a steel stud that will rust away plus conduct gross amount of cold in and heat out. I'm sure the price point and shipping costs are prohibitive as well!

[sparksmcgee]

Im not a SIP fan but the interior structual integrity doesn't need to be inspected.
Have you ever had a Styrofoam cup or cooler turn out to have a big void in the