Walls are usually 7-1/2 to 8 feet tall, with wall cavities (the space between studs) about 15 inches from side to side. Rolls of R-13 paper-faced fiberglass insulation are 32 inches long and 15 ...

A question appeared recently in your column about insulating an early 1900’s house from the inside. Your answer concerned the use of foam insulation and the application of rigid foam board to ...

All of this, Baczek explains, converts a wall that would have had an R-18 insulation value to one with R-31 at the studs and R-42 across the stud bays — quite an improvement.

A double stud wall solution, for instance, is unrivaled when it comes to insulation from both weather and noise. Though the need for more materials and specialized labor makes it pricier than a ...

I simply hung 6 mil plastic on the concrete behind the stud walls, did what wiring I needed to do, filled the stud cavities with batt insulation, added an interior vapor barrier (another sheet of ...

Efficient insulation is all about the numbers, so lets take a look at what the rSTUD has to offer. The 2×6 has an r-value of 21 which makes it 3 times the efficiency of a typical 2×6 fir board ...

I've been advised by the builder and an architect friend to remove the insulation there, glue in place 2-inch-thick foam panels to the cinder blocks, build a stud wall (with vertical elements 24 ...

Q: I need some creative garage shelving ideas. I've got a limited budget, bare stud walls and no insulation, and I've accumulated countless small boxes of nails and screws, spray-paint cans, boxes ...

A: Look for R11 insulation, double-stud wall construction and double layers of wallboard, said Bill Stewart managing partner of SSA Acoustics, a Seattle acoustical engineering firm specializing in ...