Team,
I have an old coal burning fireplace that I am trying to repurpose. The fireplace was inspected (attached) and recommended a complete reline and rebuild with bell for Ahrens fireplace. After recovering from the shock value of pricing those, I am leaning towards an insert. We do not have...
We are located in the Western Carolina mountains. Climate is normally mild but get lots of lows in the 20s the next 4 months.
The existing insulation is in great shape. So I will likely just try and pack a few inches of he R-15 as you recommend.
The sheet rock goes to the roof joists, which...
Backer rod sounds like a great solution. I am going to pick some 3/8" and 1/2" on the way home.
Would you suggest the R-15 rockwool? Would you match the height of the insulation all ready placed between the joist or just fill in a few inches?
We have an enclosed attic, so we can't access it...
Seems like they missed the caulking job for sure. If I don't want to pull off the baseboards, do you think my idea of insulating from below would help?
Or are you saying putting down shoe molding/caulking would be the best solution.
Like many of us, I live in a house around 100 years old. This is our second winter. We are having issues with cold penetrating where the floor meets the wall. I took a few thermal imaging pictures and can see that’s exactly how we are losing heat/gaining cool.
We have batt insulation under...