Basement insulation / Discussions

...Basement will have 9' ceilings, 5 ' concrete wall and 4' knee wall built with 2x6 and batt insulation r22. Should I run rigid insulation inside the foundation w...

...basement). I want to had additional insulation, especially over the unheated garage. Is wool insulation over the existing fiberglass recommended, or should I si...

...basement is unfinished and any moisture could easily dry to the inside. Now I’m looking to finish a portion of the basement and I don’t want to cause any proble...

...insulation to use when finishing my basement. I was on a website of an eps insulation manufacturer and under their technical/spec section for this particular ri...

...basement and the main floor as well. Do I need to do any extra insulation in the basement on the concrete floor? You will for sure need insulation below your ba...

...basements are moldy and how to prevent mold when finishing basements. To go that route, you might want to consider using mineral wool insulation rather than f...

...basement is below the frost line, I’m not sure if insulation is necessary, but want to know what the experts think. If insulation is required, how much and what...

...insulation is not healthy. It covers the full expanse of our basement, the full footprint of a modular home built in 2003, about 26’x44’. I would like to cover ...

...basement windows before he installed the insulation in the basement. Subsequently it probably rained and moisture got in through the unsealed basement windows. ...

...insulation aspect of finishing our basement correct, but I'm still not sure. The two different kinds of foam boards I've been looking at are, Kingspan Insulatio...

...insulation covered with clear plastic and a black plastic border nailed into the concrete but the bottom half of the walls are left uninsulated. I have a wood f...

...basement. I used one and a half inch polyiso board insulation glued to the wall with adhesive and I left a half inch Gap all around the board to spray foam. In ...

...insulation types? (Old Poly vapour sheet and fibreglass insulation vs new Rockwool and EPS) How do address the areas where the EPS is adjacent to the old insu...

...basement walls. She wants to spray foam the rin joists and apply 2" of foam on the walls with the stud wall being installed 1" from the block wall. However I am...

...basement foundation walls. From all of my reading it says that your basement foundation walls can only dry to the inside. If I put foamboard on the concrete and...

...insulation panels here – Rigid insulation panels: which ones are best for different applications EPS or Rockwool are typically our preferred products for ba...

...insulation job. My concern with leaving a large, contiguous air gap is that mold has potential to grow between the stud walls with the rockwool insulation and...

...basement and my basement exterior walls are fully framed about 2” away from the concrete. They have mineral wool in between the stud bays but not all dry walled...