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Insulation -Insulation By Room |
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When it
comes to insulating your house, there are certain things to
keep in mind for each room. For example, in some rooms of
your house such as a home office or home
theater, sound control will be especially important. In
rooms where a lot of moisture is generated like
bathrooms and laundry rooms, moisture
control is a key consideration. These factors will help you
to determine which type of insulation to use and where to
install it.
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| Insulating
Your Attic |
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The
attic is one of the largest sources of potential heat
loss in a home and often one of the most neglected
areas when it comes to insulation, especially in older
homes. That's why adequate insulation is so important.
Without proper attic insulation, your energy bills
could be significantly higher. Whether your attic
is and will remain unfinished, be used for storage,
or be finished for use as living space, make sure
that it is properly insulated with the right amount
and kind of insulation.
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| Insulating Your
Baby's Room |
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Sound
control is especially important in a baby’s room.
You’ll want to make sure the room is as quiet
as possible to provide a restful atmosphere.
In addition to insulation, you can make the nursery
quieter by padding and carpeting the floor, using acoustical
materials in the room, and installing a heavy, snug-fitting
door. If you're building a new home, you can move drywall
away from the studs and suspend the ceiling beneath
its joists to make the room quieter.
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| Insulating Your
Basement |
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Proper insulation in a basement is important because
an uninsulated basement can account for as much as 25%
or more of a home's total heat loss. Whether your basement
is and will remain unfinished, be used for storage,
or be finished for use as living space, make sure that
it is properly insulated with the right amount and kind
of insulation.
Unframed, exterior basement walls should be insulated
with blanket insulation, which can be installed horizontally
or vertically. Typically, the blanket is held against
the sill plate at the top of the basement wall with
furring strips. In addition to the furring strips, you
will need patch tape, and depending on the installation
method you choose, possibly a Hilti-type gun and special
fasteners for driving into concrete or cinder blocks.
If you need a Hilti-type gun, be sure you become completely
familiar with its operation before using it.
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| Insulating Your
Bathroom |
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Bathrooms
are among the most frequently used rooms in the house.
So not surprisingly, controlling moisture is a major
concern when it comes to installing insulation in
bathrooms. That's because all of the everyday activity
such as showering, bathing and washing adds moisture
vapor to the air. This moisture vapor is transferred
along with heat. This is especially common in humid
environments. When moisture vapor becomes trapped
in walls, mold and mildew growth can result, damaging
your home and presenting a potential health concern
to you and your family.
You can avoid these problems by installing insulation
that offers excellent moisture control properties.
To minimize the possibility of vapor collecting under
the insulation, a vapor retarder is generally installed
(according to local codes).
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| Insulating Your
Bedroom |
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Proper
insulation provides the sound control necessary for
keeping a bedroom the peaceful and quiet place you want
it to be. And nobody enjoys waking up in the middle
of the night shivering from cold drafts or sweating
from excessive heat. Proper insulation provides thermal
control so that you can enjoy a full and comfortable
night's sleep year-round, regardless of the weather
outside.
Insulating a bedroom is like insulating most other rooms
in your house. It’s a given that you will insulate
the exterior walls, but to make your bedrooms as peaceful
and quiet as possible, you’ll want to insulate
the interior walls too.
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| Insulating Your
Crawl Space |
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A crawl space is an unfinished, accessible area below
the first floor of a building. Remember, the main purpose
of insulation is to enclose the living space in a thermal
envelope. Therefore, if the space below a floor is unconditioned,
either the floor or the walls below it must be insulated.
There are two types of crawl spaces: vented and unvented.
Vented crawl spaces open to the outside, while unvented
crawl spaces are part of the basement. How and what
is insulated depends on whether the space is vented
or unvented.
In a vented crawl space, the underfloor should be
insulated, much as it is installed in ceilings.
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| Insulating Your
Garage |
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The
garage is an unconditioned space in your house and doesn’t
need to be thoroughly insulated. However, to keep the
rest of your home comfortable and energy efficient,
you need to insulate the wall or walls that separate
the garage from the rest of the house. This is the case
whether the wall or walls will remain unfinished, or
if you will be covering them with drywall.
You insulate the walls that separate the garage from
the rest of the house as you would any exterior wall,
with insulation that includes a vapor retarder.
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| Insulating Your
Home Office |
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If
you run a home-based business or are a telecommuter,
or even if you just need to take work home from the
office occasionally, then you know that peace and quiet
is important to making a home office a productive work
environment. After all, noise can interfere with your
ability to get things done and disrupt phone calls and
meetings, and it can also interrupt your concentration.
And with computers, fax machines, telephones and other
equipment, a home office can also be a source of unwanted
noise in other rooms.
To ensure your home office is as quiet as possible for
you and everyone else in your home, you’ll want
to insulate both the interior walls and exterior walls.
You'll want insulation that provides good sound control
and thermal control.
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| Insulating Your
Home Theatre |
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With
the increasing sophistication of home entertainment
technology, home theaters have become more popular than
ever. Recreating the theater experience at home usually
involves entertainment systems cranking out high volume
sound that could be unwelcome in other parts of a poorly
insulated house.
That's why insulation with excellent sound control properties
can make a dramatic impact in a home theater, both to
keep noise out so you can enjoy the entertainment, but
also to keep music and dialogue generated in the home
theater from migrating to other rooms.
Follow the instruction tips below to install insulation
in your home theater's interior and exterior walls.
Don't forget to thoroughly review the Special Considerations
because several of them may be applicable in your
situation, especially considering the most common
locations and configurations of today's home theaters.
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| Insulating Your
Kitchen |
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In
most homes, the kitchen is frequently the hub of activity.
In fact, the kitchen is probably one of the most used
rooms in your house. With noisy appliances like dishwashers,
food processors and garbage disposals, it can also be
a source of distraction to other members of your family.
For this reason, sound control is a chief consideration
when insulating this room.
In addition, as in bathrooms, moisture control also
comes into play when insulating kitchens because of
the steam generated by cooking and even by washing dishes.
This steam is actually moisture vapor in the air that
is transferred along with heat. When moisture vapor
becomes trapped in walls, mold and mildew growth can
result, damaging your home and presenting a potential
health concern to you and your family.
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| Insulating Your
Laundry Room |
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Depending
on the number of people in your household, you may be
spending more time in the laundry room than you care
to. And the fact that home laundry facilities are sometimes
relegated to a small room in a less than ideal area
of the house doesn't make things any more pleasant.
But one thing you can do to improve the environment
in your laundry room is install adequate insulation
of the right kind.
There are some practical considerations to take into
account when insulating your laundry room. For example,
an average dryer cycle can add significant humidity
and moisture to the air. This moisture in the air is
transferred along with heat and can infiltrate your
walls. (Over time, this can damage the walls.)
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