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.

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 ...

When you build a wall, the studs should be spaced equidistant from each other. Here's why the standard is 16 inches on center, and an easy way to ma ...

A: Studs are vertical pieces of wood that form a wall, and staggering them offers a couple of benefits. In above-ground applications, they help boost thermal insulation values by reducing the ...