As we said before the r value measures the thermal resistance of a material.
R value of 8 inch poured concrete wall.
8 thick concrete slab or foundation wall has an r value of about 1 04 30 while lightweight aggregate filled 8 thick concrete has an r value of about 2 18 30.
The r value of an uninsulated 8 inch thick basement wall built using normal weight concrete is 1 35 based on data from the 1993 american society of heating refrigeration and air conditioning engineers handbook.
2 x 4 wood stud wall 16 o c r 11 batts 1 2.
The insulation may be poured directly into walls or emptied into a simply wood or metal hopper which can be slid along the wall to direct the free flowing perlite into cores of cavities thus insulating all voids and air pockets.
Insulated forms available.
Wood frame walls 3 plus r value of the insulation used.
Depending on the density of the blocks an 8 inch thick block wall without any other type of insulation has a thermal resistance value between r 1 9 and r 2 5.
Block thickness in inches.
See citations at masonry below.
Concrete block 4 inch hollow core.
Concrete block walls u values r values.
Concrete block 8 inch 1 11 concrete block 12 inch 1 28 brick 4 inch common 0 80 brick 4 inch face 0 44 poured concrete 0 08 soft wood lumber 1 25 2 inch nominal 1 inch 1 88 2 x 4 3 inch 4 38 2 x 6 5 inch 6 88 cedar logs and lumber 1 33 sheathing materials plywood 1 25 inch 0 31.
R value of single pane glass 0 91.
Material r value per inch r value per unit inside air film 0 68 air space between studs 0 95.
I agree mostly with junio s answer.
I have seen r values for concrete ranging from 0 08 to 0 12 r per inch so a 10 inch wall will be somewhere between 0 8 and 1 2 r.
However too many people confuse insulation properties with thermal mass many icf dealers d.
But concrete is a conductor of thermal energy not an insulator.
R value r value of 8 20cm concrete block 1 11 r value of 12 30cm concrete block 1 28 r value of 8 20cm poured concrete 0 64 r value of 4 10cm brick 0 80 r value of 1 3cm sheetrock 0 45 r value of 1 3cm sheathing 1 31 for comparison.
For instance if you have a material with an r value of 12 attached to another material with an r value of 3 then both materials combined have an r value of 15.
Concrete block 8.
Therefore technically it has no insulation value.