If the basement is an old stone foundation, insulation companies can spray expanding ... outside of the foundation before it comes into the house. You can capture and divert subsurface water ...

If the basement is an old stone foundation, insulation companies can spray expanding ... a linear French drain before it comes into the house. Tim Carter is a columnist for Tribune Media Services.

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We have an 80-year-old home with lathe and plaster on the inside walls. The house is hard to heat in the winter and becomes very hot in the summer, so we want to add insulation.

Q. I’m 23 years old and just got out of college. I bought my first small house and am about to remodel my basement. The previous owners of the house glued 2-inch-thick foam insulation to the ...

The house is about 60 years old with a poured-concrete basement ... There is an appropriate-sized dehumidifier in the basement. To insulate, seal, and finish the basement properly, what are ...

An insulated basement or crawl space provides ... If you have cold floors on the first floor of your house, don't overlook the benefits of adding insulation to your home. A rim joist, or band ...

The house is old enough that it probably doesn’t have insulation between the furring strips or studs. And it’s probably not a good idea to consider adding some behind the plaster at this point.

Q: What’s causing water to drip from behind the basement insulation and vapour barrier ... that I’ve found works every bit as well as my old favourite. As for sanding, I’d use 80- and ...

It`s best left to an insulation contractor. Q–I have a 20-year-old brick veneer ranch with a deep, full basement ... Got a question about your old house? Bob Vila, host of the PBS show ...

I am hesitant about adding insulation to the basement floor given the low ceiling height. A couple years ago, I put in R-4.75 basement windows to replace the three old windows, which were in need ...