Comments on: Basement Insulation Detail http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/basement-wall-insulation-detail/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=basement-wall-insulation-detail Expert Home Improvement Advice Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:48:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Toddhttp://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/basement-wall-insulation-detail/#comment-62965 Todd Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:38:55 +0000 http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/?p=712#comment-62965 Mike - That's what most folks do for a retrofit. When we build new homes we install the foam behind the mounting panel ahead of time. That will work fine. Mike – That’s what most folks do for a retrofit. When we build new homes we install the foam behind the mounting panel ahead of time. That will work fine.

]]> By: Mikehttp://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/basement-wall-insulation-detail/#comment-62960 Mike Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:21:39 +0000 http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/?p=712#comment-62960 Todd, I have finished my foam board insulation around my walls but have one issue. My electrical panel is in one corner, which I am building a closet for. Do i need to insulate behind the panel(it is mounted to particle board then attached to the wall). I was thinking of running the foam board right to the wood, and then spray foaming the gap. But I will not be able to get the foam board behind the wires which go ou the top of the box.Mike Todd,
I have finished my foam board insulation around my walls but have one issue. My electrical panel is in one corner, which I am building a closet for. Do i need to insulate behind the panel(it is mounted to particle board then attached to the wall). I was thinking of running the foam board right to the wood, and then spray foaming the gap. But I will not be able to get the foam board behind the wires which go ou the top of the box.

Mike

]]> By: Toddhttp://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/basement-wall-insulation-detail/#comment-62568 Todd Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:36:10 +0000 http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/?p=712#comment-62568 George - The trouble with coating a tile like that is the amount of moisture that gets behind the sealer. With any foundation there's a ton of water vapor trapped in the tile and behind it. Your best bet is probably cleaning the loose material off and using some sort of epoxy coating system. I'd check with a local painting supplier that supplies products to contractors and ask them for a recommendation.Good luck. George – The trouble with coating a tile like that is the amount of moisture that gets behind the sealer. With any foundation there’s a ton of water vapor trapped in the tile and behind it. Your best bet is probably cleaning the loose material off and using some sort of epoxy coating system. I’d check with a local painting supplier that supplies products to contractors and ask them for a recommendation.

Good luck.

]]> By: Georgehttp://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/basement-wall-insulation-detail/#comment-62561 George Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:40:40 +0000 http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/?p=712#comment-62561 Todd, My home was built in 1922 and they used hollow red clay brick on the interior foundation walls. I have waterproofed the outside, plastering with mortar, then ironite and back filled with gravel. I now want to dress up the interior. It looks like someone has coated the interior brick walls with a "theroseal" type of product which is now flaking off.Can you recommend any product which will adhere to this type of hollow red brick?Thank you,George Todd,
My home was built in 1922 and they used hollow red clay brick on the interior foundation walls. I have waterproofed the outside, plastering with mortar, then ironite and back filled with gravel. I now want to dress up the interior. It looks like someone has coated the interior brick walls with a “theroseal” type of product which is now flaking off.

Can you recommend any product which will adhere to this type of hollow red brick?

Thank you,

George

]]> By: Toddhttp://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/basement-wall-insulation-detail/#comment-62174 Todd Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:34:47 +0000 http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/?p=712#comment-62174 I would place it over the top. You want to keep all that drain plane behind the sealed foam. I would place it over the top. You want to keep all that drain plane behind the sealed foam.

]]> By: Jonhttp://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/basement-wall-insulation-detail/#comment-62170 Jon Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:45:09 +0000 http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/?p=712#comment-62170 Thanks, Todd. Another question: After I demo the existing framing, I am going to have some french drains put in. My contractor is recommending a polydrain/eggcrate plastic which will run from the drain up the side of the block for approximately 8 inches. Would I place the XPS over the top of the polydrain, or start the XPS above it? Thanks, Todd. Another question: After I demo the existing framing, I am going to have some french drains put in. My contractor is recommending a polydrain/eggcrate plastic which will run from the drain up the side of the block for approximately 8 inches. Would I place the XPS over the top of the polydrain, or start the XPS above it?

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