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Use EPS Styrofoam or other insulating material in concrete block construction

This article describes the types of insulation methods used to insulate otherwise hollow concrete blocks or concrete masonry units CMUs to produce a higher R-value concrete block wall, floor, or roof.

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Concrete Block Insulation Methods

Concrete block walls are most-often insulated by the addition of foam board placed on the outside of the wall in new construction, or on the inside of walls in an insulation retrofit job.

However some builders may construct a concrete block wall adding foam or loose fill foam beads in the hollow spaces afforded by the concrete blocks, or by using pre-fabricated concrete blocks that are sold with a foam insulation core.

Examples of these products are given below.

Below: concrete block foam core inserts: styrofoam inserts to add insulating value to concrete block walls are sold in a variety of forms, as you can see in the illustration that we adapted from CBIS Korfil, cited in detail below.

Choices for styrofoam inserts used in hollow concrete block wall or floor construction - adapted from CBIS - cited & discussed at INspectApedia.com

Notice that the "insert" approach to insulated concrete block wall construction leaves a hollow core center that can provide drainage.

Other forms of self-insulating concrete block may be factory-made with a solid polystyrene core - shown just below (alibaba.com) or a hollow concete block wall or floor assembly may be insulated with pumped-in foam.

Solid EPS Core concrete block, self-insulating - alibaba.com - cited & discussed at InspectApedia

Below: foam insulation installed in a concete block wall, from CFIFoam, cited in detail below.

This foam is injected into the block wall during construction.

Watch out: in at least some installations, filling the core of a concrete block foundation wall with foam can raise concerns about trapped moisture and mold. These questions are addressed by CFIFoam's documents cited below.

Foam core insulated concrete block wall using CFIFoam's product - cited & discussed at InspectApedia.com

Choices for styrofoam inserts used in hollow concrete block wall or floor construction - adapted from CBIS - cited & discussed at INspectApedia.com

Lightweight foam-cement concrete hollow blocks from Jinquang - cited & discussed at InspectApedia.com

Solid styrofoam inserts to insulate hollow concrete blocks from Universal Construction Foam - cited & discussed at InspectApedia.com

Other forms of insulated concrete block are blocks made of lightweight concrete.

See those "insulated concrete block" details

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