Rigid foam Mold / Discussions

...rigid fome to Install two inches of rigid insulation board directly against concrete. A mold expert told me to put the board on top of the framing, not directly...

...foamboard to my 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 ...

...rigid foam, read more here – Choosing the right Rigid Insulation Panels And yes, I would say running the Rigid insulation from the bottom of the concrete an...

...Mold An inch of foam on crawlspace walls is good, but 2 inches would be better. Think about the returns – you’ll be doing the same amount of labour but you wi...

...rigid EPS and see if you can make it continuous with the wall insulation below it. If you install several layers of EPS it will function just like a SIP wall, t...

...Foam Board Insulation over the bare concrete and leave the framed walls insulated as the are? 2. Install Foam Boards over the concrete and replace the foam in...

...foam rigid insulation panels, read more here . On top of that you could apply a cement board that can be parged or left as is. Let me know if any of those optio...

...rigid insulation panels work - How to fix or prevent mold in basement renovations The poly vapor barrier that you may have seen in that article is mostly to...

...rigid rock wool panel to let moisture pass through? Read more here – Rigid insulation panels for exterior walls – how to choose the right one And I just wan...

...foam insulation on basement walls is not a bad one. However, spray foam itself is a vapour barrier, so you wouldn’t need to apply a typical 6 mil polyethylene v...

...rigid foam for this specific purpose. As for your stairs, if there is a 2-inch gap, I would consider slipping a couple of 1.5” foam boards behind it if possible...

...foam board insulation with circumscribing spray foam in each rim joist (or maybe using purely spray foam to cover each rim joist). However, I can't tell whether...

...mold when you insulate your basement The difference between Polyiso, EPS & XPS rigid insulation boards I have a few questions that will help us pin down t...

...rigid foam insulation and then faced fiberglass batts and then plywood subfloor of the outdoor deck. The rigid foam was not sealed (no air barrier) and this p...

...rigid foam insulation boards and seal the joints (see below). That would offer you a possible termite resistant layer, then airtightness and vapour protection, ...

...mold free? the exterior of the basement walls has 2” of foam on them so any warmer air from finished basement would permiate through mineral wool to the wall bu...

...rigid insulation against the wall to keep the moisture out. You have probably seen a few of the following pages but I’ll add them in case, and for anyone else...

...foam board and still be a problem? Hoping to just be able to apply foam to regulate the concrete temps and prevent inside warmer air from touching the concret...