MgO SIPs OUT PERFORM TRADITIONAL SIPs 

MgO USA SIPs differ from traditional SIPs in several ways.  Firstly, they do not have OSB (oriented strand board) face sheets; they instead have Magnesium Oxide (MgO) face sheets.  The MgO face sheets are more durable, unaffected by fire, water, water vapor, or insects, do not need an additional layer of gypsum board prior to finishing the interior, and they have no toxicity to worry about.

Even better, the MgO USA SIPs that Tim Sweeney supplies from MGO Systems (Canada) have face sheets that are made with a specially formulated MgO composition, have a variety of insulation cores available, and are bonded together with superior adhesives, making a much more reliable and environmental-friendly building component for use in nearly any project.  These panels can be used for basements and foundation walls, interior and exterior walls, floors, roofs, and decks, and can be finished in any manner desired.  Interior finishes can be as simple as tape and texturing the interior faces, and the exterior finishes can be as elaborate as stone veneers and other sidings.  Often a synthetic stucco coating directly applied to the panels, such as available from GigaCrete®, Dryvit®, Sto®, and others, directly applied to the exterior of the wall panels, will result in both a most economical and attractive finish.

Find out how our MgO SIPS are part of our Simplus Building System™ and Passive House™ design.

Responsible Design and Construction

MgO SIPs can often be the Faster, Less Expensive, and Higher Quality solution to a client's needs, and the determining factors regarding the selection of MgO SIPs are often, price, availability, and the experience of the Design and Construction Professionals.

With the advantages of MgO SIPs being known and the techniques being understood, then a responsible Design Professional will often choose to use MgO SIPs when they are available at a competitive price and when they are suitable for the design under consideration.  

Similarly, builders who are aware of and understand how to take advantage of MgO SIPs are also often choosing MgO SIPs as their preferred method of building.

Those who do not choose to design or build using MgO SIPs often either are not aware of them or their superiority, don't understand how to work with them, are afraid to learn how to do something differently, don't have a project that lends itself to the use of SIPs, or are in an area where MgO SIPs are not readily available to them.  The answer to this situation is simple.  They need just undertake the very short learning curve efforts and then look for opportunities to better serve their clients with More Responsible Design and Construction methods whenever the product and the projects are compatible.