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  1. H

    Barn remodel with metal roof

    Hi there! Thank y'all for taking the time to read my post and hopefully sharing your thoughts. I am in the process of remodeling my barn into a living/work space. It's a two story building and downstairs is done and turned out so great that I wanna do upstairs now, too. It has a metal roof...
  2. Rick Glabach

    Insulating "ceiling" of conditioned crawlspace

    I have installed vapor barrier and insulation on the dirt floor and and cinderblock walls in the crawlspace of my house. I have dehumidifiers in that crawl space. It's helped with the humidity in my house but the floors are cold in the winter (Ithaca NY area). My floors are still cold in the...
  3. B

    Garage Insulation Question

    Hello, I have a 2 stall attached garage that I would like to insulate. I would be insulating all the walls and ceiling and installing a mini split for heating and cooling. There will be an attic area above the ceiling, and this is what my question is, this area will be sealed off from the...
  4. mynewoldhouse

    Just bought my first house. One room has fiberboard walls - can/should we replace?

    while there are a multitude of things that we'd like to do, replacing these (in our opinion, ugly) fiberboard walls is close to the top. this fiberboard looks like patched up cardboard. that said, i am not yet a DIY'er so i'd likely need to hire it out. before i do, i come to you fine folks with...
  5. ZoeA

    H2O intake floating in midair? Insulation ideas?

    Hi all! Renoing our house and the water intake is just poked through the wall. Seems the contractor that replaced it didn't want to put it through one of the other holes in the foundation, so this was his solution. The homeowner had built a (now rotted ant-eaten) box lined with blue polyiso...
  6. S

    Attic vermiculite is ~R14, desire R-49

    My brother's house in Pennsylvania has asbestos-free vermiculite in the attic rafters to ~7 inches, which translates to R-14. The recommended level is R-49. Thank you!
  7. S

    Attic Insulation - Fiberglass roll vs spray vs foam

    I'm insulating a house in Pittsburgh (Rec attic R-49 to 60). The attic is currently devoid of insulation of any type. I want to: Seal the headers to reduce convective heat loss through the walls, ie chimney effect Insulate to R49+ In another house, I sealed headers with caulking and other...
  8. T

    Insulating A Bathroom Wall/Pipe Freezing

    Hi All: We've been at this house for a 3 years. Every year when it gets 5 above zero or below, our master bath faucet freezes. We've had to let it drip every year and it runs up my water bill. The line running to this is on an outside wall. We live in a one story built on a slab. We took off...
  9. T

    Pipe That Freezes In The Winter

    Hi All: We've been at this house for a 3 years. Every year when it gets 5 above zero or below, our master bath faucet freezes. We've had to let it drip every year and it runs up my water bill. The line running to this is on an outside wall. We live in a one story built on a slab. We took off...
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