| Constant exposure to severe climate conditions – very high daytime temperatures, heavy wintertime snow loads, routinely high winds, etc. – can shorten the life of your POD, PODXL3, or PODXL5 observatory, just as it can shorten the life of any outdoor equipment or furniture you might have. One of the options available to strengthen and extend the usefulness of your POD observatory is to have the POD primary dome panels filled with Ecomate hardened polyurethane foam insulation at the factory when your POD is constructed.
Ecomate is an ecologically-sound (non-ozone depletion potential/non-global warming potential/Kyoto Protocol Compliant) material that makes the already strong double-walled primary dome panels incredibly strong. In addition, it is thermally efficient and cuts out infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, and visible light. The thick insulation helps keep the outside’s hot and cold temperatures where they belong – on the outside of your observatory dome – in extreme environments. Ecomate insulation adds 11 pounds to the weight of each of the two primary dome panels.
If you are having your primary dome panels insulated, you must also have the door and wall panels insulated for additional strength due to the extra weight of the insulated dome.
This insulating package includes Ecomate foam installed in the two primary semi-dome panels of the POD. Only the primary semi-dome panels need to be insulated and turned toward the sun for maximum benefit. The secondary (flip-up) dome panels are left un-insulated.
The foam insulation package must be ordered at the time your POD observatory is ordered so it can be installed as your POD is being constructed. It cannot be added after your POD is built.
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