How to insulate a roof / Discussions

...at and air is leaking in and out and see what reasonable measures I could take to insulate or prevent air leaks. We paid around $200 for an audit and discovered...

...ay foam insulation. My walls are double 2x4 stud walls 12 inches deep and will have 2-3 inches of closed cell spray foam insulation to create a air and vapour b...

...and crawlspaces How to insulate a CMU cinder block foundation The best way to insulate a basement to avoid mold How to insulate an attic and a...

...and drawbacks too. The house is a 3 story, 6000 square foot Second Empire Victorian built in 1882. It has a mansard roof with shingles, and the top roof has a...

...an vary between freezing and -20. Thank you! To turn a 3 season cottage into a 4 season permanent home is always a bit tricky , in the case of an A frame that w...

...an air space below. The air space is essential with an acoustic material in order to have any effect on reducing sound transmission. All that to say that adding...

...all out and re-insulate. That would afford you the opportunity to install an air barrier and vapor barrier properly at the same time. It’s not necessarily an ea...

...acia Board installed prior to insulation being emplaced with roofing paper / water screen wrapped about 1/2 over the top of the facia board. Metal roof attached...

...ad the outside of our roof done; tar-and-gravel, we have no insulation from the inside and our ceiling has a lovely beam and a frame. My husband wants to insula...

...ace with a Hardie Board board and batten rain screen. However, the contractor can also remove the sheathing down to the studs and reinsulate first. He reccome...

...and angle roof. The roof is made of pine, war paper and sheet metal panels. I wont isolate the roof. This is for occasional use and I have a Carbon Infrared hea...

...ary. A product that may actually fit your purpose is ThermalWall insulation panels if the circumstances are right. They are foam panels with a metal rail in the...

...alWall rigid foam insulation panels ThermalWall is an EPS rigid foam panel with a metal rail embedded in the middle of the panel allowing it to be attached to t...

...to treat basement walls as one singular wall rather than as an above grade and a below grade portion. Granted, there will what some will consider a ‘bit too m...

...are air barriers, some are not. XPS foam insulation at about 1 inch thick will act as a vapour barrier, EPS foam insulation will start to act as one at about 2 ...

...to a 4 season cottage. We have capacity for a gas furnace. A contractor said we did not need to insulate the basement??? I am a first-time visitor. I do n...

...topping air leakage (if that’s what you have) and unless you have an air space between it and the insulation then it won’t work to reflect radiant heat, so I’d ...

...to a sewage backup valve, and take steps to manage storm water runoff from your roof. Here are more pages that may be of help: How to insulate a basemen...