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I have found a great deal on some used Roofmate XPS insulation that I would like to use to insulate my basement. I want to acheive R25 so I will be using 4" thick R-20 with a second layer staggered of 1" R5. I have a few questions around placement of this on the wall. Some suggestions are to place the XPS directly agai...

...board with spray filling the gaps and then R12 batt insulation. I then noticed that under our front deck, the hole for the foundation wasn't back filled so approximately 4 feet of concrete was left exposed with the sil plate.  I'm thinking of taking Rigid board and installing it against the concrete wall and will plate...

...board insulation I would be doing more if you could. 2 or more inches would be better at preventing moisture movement, it will also save additional heat. Just food for thought since you’re going to the trouble anyway.   

...boards, which are very difficult to find here in QC, I've bumped into a 4' x 8' x 1" thick board, called GPS.  Do you have a webpage about GPS insulation?  I want to insulate my existing basement concrete floor, on top of it.  I have very limited head room, no more than 5 ft where there is no pipes on the ceiling.   GP...

...board loose its thermal properties?  Does it go below R4.5 per inch?  Is it usless at -15C ?  or equal to XPS  ? Polyiso starts to fall off in R value around 5-10C , but it's not a catastrophic failure, and given your use of Celsius and ‘West Coast’, I’m thinking you may be around Vancouver? Where exactly are you locat...

...board but this Halo product was sugested by my local supplier. Has anyone work with it. The manufactures claims its better than slice bread but don't they all. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated  Cheers  The best way to insulate the exterior of a house has a lot to do with what is going on inside the walls, an...

...board insulation attached to the stud and seams taped. Then I would set 1/2" drywall on top of the foam and attached with long screws. Does this sound like a good plan? Would anyone suggest against using Polyiso insulation as it does not do good in cold environments? Please let me know your thoughts I think that’s a fi...

...board sliding them in behind the studs and directly to the concrete wall will this stop the condensation or will it just build up on the inside of the 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 concrete and conde...

...board you purchase will still have an impact several hundred times worse than EPS. And the moment that the switch is made, manfucturers will contact us with the news, so if you sign up as an Ecohome Member for free, you will get a notice as soon as we know!