Search results

House Repair Talk

Help Support House Repair Talk:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. G

    Sealing Service Door Threshold on Concrete Apron

    Sounds good. Thanks for the information guys!
  2. G

    Sealing Service Door Threshold on Concrete Apron

    Thanks for the information guys. I don't know if I ever heard of brick mold. The photo doesn't show it very well, but the concrete is about 1/2 to 1" lower than the threshold. I'll check out that herculiner stuff.
  3. G

    Sealing Service Door Threshold on Concrete Apron

    I poured a new concrete apron for the garage a month ago. When it rains, I now get a little water running under/through the service door threshold onto the garage floor inside. This didn’t happen before because the previous gravel grade was a good 2 inches under the bottom of the threshold. I...
  4. G

    Insulating Rim Joist Question

    Will do. Thank you!
  5. G

    Insulating Rim Joist Question

    Thanks. As far as material between the joists for more noise reduction throughout the entire ceiling what would you recommend? I can get a bunch of R30 12" thick unfaced rolls from a buddy for almost nothing so was thinking of using that...? Thanks.
  6. G

    Insulating Rim Joist Question

    Thanks kok. Do you mean for the rim joist areas on the ends of the joists or for the entire joist? Walls are poured with studs attached and insulated with unfaced fiberglass then the drywall. A 4mm plastic vapor barrier is installed on the subgrade portion extending 12" (I think) above grade...
  7. G

    Insulating Rim Joist Question

    I have a question about insulating the rim joist in my basement ceiling. House is only 8 years old and we’re plugging away on finishing the basement and are at the ceiling now. I plan on just adding fiberglass rolls/batts between the joists and have had non-faced fiberglass in the rim area...
Back
Top