Our house has no insulation in the exterior walls. Just wanting to know our options.
2007-12-30 16:34:27 · 8 answers · asked by MaryMary 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It depends on the age of the house. Recently built houses are a bear to do this to because they are supposed to have fire stops in the wall to prevent fire from using the stud space as a chimney, but it also stops insulation.
My house was built in the 1920's with solid wood interior tongue and groove interior walls originally sealed with wall paper and shiplap siding with no insulation and no fire stops.
My wife and I insulated it with bags of cellulose insulation from Home Depot (not 'liquid cellulose') and a blower provided free for buying all that insullation - not sure if they still do it. At first I drilled holes with a hole saw and later filled with a plug cut by a larger hole saw, but when I found that there was a barrier continuous sill under all the windows, I removed a narrow piece of siding for access and nailed it back up - much faster and neater that round plugs to glue, caulk and paint.
If you have a modern house with plywood sheathing outside and sheetrock inside, you may have to put a lot of holes in the sheet rock, fill with blown in or expanding foam insulation, then fill the holes and refinish the walls.
You will have to explore with a few holes in out of the way places or call in a couple of companies for estimates and ask them to explain how they will do the job and why they have to do it that way.
2007-12-30 16:50:22 · answer #1 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your home not being insulated may give you a warranty option or an action against the people that sold or built the home for you. It would be illegal in your own municipality and I would contact them first. If you live in colder climate you run the risk of mold and bigger problems. The summer will bring extreme heat and more problems.
Go to http://www.thermoguy.com/globalwarming-heatgain.html and http://www.thermoguy.com/globalwarming-heatloss.html to see the summer and winter function of the building.
Look at the links and think of your options. How long have you been in an unhealthy home?
Email me if you have other questions, the links will show you what others aren't, be careful and be safe.
2007-12-30 18:02:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
crack through the sheetrock. buy insulation and insulate it. also im not sure about availability but theres a company that can inject insulation in the top of the wall inbetween studs. nice because you dont have to rip all the rock down.
2007-12-30 16:40:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need insulation on the inside AND outside of your exterior walls. do you have any at all? if not you'll need to get some asap. outer insulation is usually blue styrofoam looking and inner is pink or yellow cotton candy looking. make sure you have vapour barrier as well and that all of your local building codes are met. shouldnt cost too much depending on how much damage youll need to do to get it in. good luck :)
2007-12-30 16:42:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
relies upon on what style of wall. some partitions you've packed with a liquid that turns right into a no longer easy foam. different varieties of partitions you will could desire to eliminate the interior and post a clean and insulated version. the two are greater costly merely approximately than construction a clean homestead...nah I exaggerate.
2016-10-02 22:44:25 · answer #5 · answered by jensen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, take care of the top ceiling. Get all of the air leaks sealed, then get the insulation value correct for your climate. That is the most critical area to have correct. Then address air leaks from below (unheated bsmt or crawl space), and insulate to correct value. Then address wall air leaks and insulation value last. I recommend that you hire an Energy Auditor to perform a full audit; you will receive a complete analysis of your home, and a prioritized written report with recommendations for corrections. The auditor also will be concerned with your health & safety. It's well worth the cost.
2007-12-31 03:29:09 · answer #6 · answered by insp99999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the walls are already finished, you may have to use that blow in insulation, it`s alot better than nothing.
2007-12-30 16:39:11 · answer #7 · answered by brokeorrich1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can call a fire proofing co. they drill a hole in the wall every so many inches and fill it with a liquid cellulose insultation that dries .
2007-12-30 16:38:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋