Found 167 results for the keyword ‘Insulation’

• Double walls and buried vapour barriers.

  June is building a new home in Kenora and they have decided to make what is often called a double wall structure to have room for lots of insulation. They are intending to build with 2x6 walls and then add another 2x4 on the inside to hold more insulation. They have been told that they could do s...

• LOOSE FILL BLOWN IN: CELLULOSE

  Common Name: Cellulose Fiber, ground up newspapers. Colour: Grey or white. Thermal Resistance: RSI - .025/mm R - 3.6/in. Good Cost: Lowest plus blower. (The only blowers that can be rented by homeowners) Capacity to dry out if wet: Fair to poor Fire Resistance: Good to Fair (Borax can leach ...

• OVERVIEW: Changing the roof or roof covering on a house

  As I look at my own database, I see that I have almost 100 answers to specific questions about roofs and roofing.  Despite a good search engine, that much scattered information can get confusing.  Let me make just a couple of overview statements to help guide you in getting your existing or new r...

• Vent Stack Ice Capping or Evaporation : I GET SEWER ODOURS INSIDE THE HOUSE OCCASIONALLY IN THE WINTER.

    This is one of those problems that are not dealt with seriously enough by the building officials in really cold regions.  I have opened a blog space at the bottom of this article for you to add in your case history so we can demonstrate that this is a large and continuing problem.  Take a look...

• Wet Styrofoam -- will it dry out?

    Wayland asked: “Does wet Owens Corning Formula Styrofoam ever dry out?” Extruded polystyrene insulation is generally considered waterproof.  In fact it was first invented by Dow Chemical for the US army in WW I to provide unsinkable floating bridges -- and has been used as the flotation eleme...

• RIGID BOARD: EXTRUDED POLYSTYRENE

  Example: Styrofoam products by Dow (by the way, Styrofoam is a Dow Chemical brand name and not a generic term for foam insulation). Colour: Blue (Dow) or Pink (Celfort) Thermal Resistance: RSI - .035/mm R - 5.0/in. Very high. Cost: high Capacity to dry out if wet: Won't get wet Fire Resistan...

• Residential Window Installation with Pressure Equalization

  Research projects by George Brown College,Red River College and Jon Eakes studying pressure equilization in low rise wood frame residential construction    GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE Link to PDF: Pressure Equalization final report revised January 2024 --  George Brown College.  Link to Fenestratio...