Q: I would appreciate your opinion on whether I should hire a company to line the crawl space of my house. It's about 2,400 square feet, and I suspect the work would be pretty pricey. Is it worth it?

Imagine a cold, wet, windy day. You can take an umbrella to protect you from the water alone, but that won’t deal with the cold (temperature) or the wind (air convection). You can add in a light ...

Years ago, when few homes had insulation in their outside walls, no one worried about vapor barriers–there was no need for them. But now homes are better insulated, making it necessary to install a ...

DEAR TIM: The crawl space under my 1910 home is just exposed dirt and leftover building materials. I need to add a vapor barrier and wonder about the best one. The foundation consists of granite slabs ...

Tuesday the addition at Bedlam Manor was insulated. In honor of this milestone, I thought we'd revisit the subject of insulation vapor barriers. Most insulation has paper backing. This is the vapor ...

An important way to conserve fossil fuels is assessing and developing a plan to upgrade home insulation. While insulating materials do not heat or cool, they do act to prevent the flow of heat into or ...

Spring, summer, fall, winter — it seems people are always thinking about insulation. It’s not a bad thing to put a little thought into because the choices are so varied and the difficulties (and ...

In this episode, we focus on framing the walls, insulation, and vapor barrier installation for our Ford E250 cargo van conversion into a camper van. Using pre-installed metal frames, we attached ...

Q: Just bought a 1910 house in Queen Anne. We love the house, but it's very chilly. I thought I would start with insulating the basement because I can feel jets of cool air coming in a certain points ...