Our house is a little over 100 years old, with a cinderblock foundation walls in the basement. We’ve got a minor crack in the grout, and we were advised to fil...
...renovations. How would you approach the heating/cooling of this house? I should have two heating sources, I've heard. Some options: -Mr. Slim ductless system w...
...renovations and energy efficient upgrades. The honest question, is there simply is no single 'best way' to do it, so if someone tells you that, they're wrong. ...
I'm getting water dripping down the inside walls of two opposite exterior walls. I checked the attic and found 1) frost of the underside of the roofing plywood...
...renovation anyway then I would say you are best to insulate from the inside, and there are few methods. First, have the wiring checked by a licensed electrician...
Hi, I have an open beam house (no attic access) built in 1962. I live in cold, dry Edmonton Alberta. My low slope roof doesn't leak, however about once a year i...
...renovations should be carried out. Having to remove all the poly is probably not the news you were hoping for but you are at least fortunate in the sense that t...
...renovation design, this page here How to Insulate Exterior Walls from the Outside If you have a total of 3 inches before you risk encroaching on a neighbouring...
...renovation project and then having the floor rot out. One way or another you would need to do something about the 6” high section.
Hi, I have recently purchased a home in Toronto. We had some water issues and I've opened up the walls where I found some mould to see that the previous owners ...
We bought an older home with an existing basement. We would like to take down the top of the house and rebuild on the basement. What do I need to do to make sur...
...renovation project since it doesn’t trap moisture in any wall system. You could apply Rockwool (rigid Comfortboard, not batts) then a weather barrier / air barr...
I have 1920's house in Minneapolis, I'm thinking about tearing the siding off and adding 12" deep Larsen trusses with dense packed cellulose. The guides I've se...
...renovations – The easiest way to insulate walls from the exterior in older homes Here are our top 10 energy-saving home improvement tips with the greatest retu...
Where can I buy hemp insulation in Durham Region area of Ontario, Canada? You can buy hemp insulation at Ecohome for Canada or the US, just send us an email a...
I've recently purschased a house in Montreal Canada. We get -20C in Winter and we can get +30C in Summer. I have a split level home built in 1961 that is pret...
...renovations The biggest problem, as you would read about in that page, is the fact that standard basement construction techniques usually involve an interior va...
There is no space between bricks so we would like to add R20 to the exterior of the house also providing a vapour barrier. A previous owner had taking down the ...
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