I lived in Daytona for a year and remember when it dropped to 30 one November.
I have moved from Buffalo so 30 was still beach weather. It's not any more
band I'm as far North as I want to live right now.
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Plummer
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:31 PM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] insulation question& Coldness statement.
Boy you all are talking about cold I have never experience and hope I don't.
I live in Florida and it is 50 or so here now and last night it was down to
about 27 and I thought I was going to freeze!
Sign,
JP ( Joe Plummer)
joeplum...@tds.net
-----Original Message-----
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Scott Howell
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 2:19 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] insulation question
Yes, this is very helpful and thank you very much.
On Dec 29, 2009, at 9:07 AM, Dale Leavens wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> Some of the modern spray-in foams are probably a little better than glass
fiber but they can be pretty expensive to have installed particularly a
small area like you describe. The main advantage is that they will fill the
space snugly and completely and in the process probably help seal some air
infiltration points. This will require an installer though so a small area
becomes relatively expensive.
>
> Sealing all air infiltration leaks is the first an most helpful. This
might include where the wall meets the floor if you can get some access to
that.
>
> The main advantage to using fiberglass bats is that you can more easily
fit them into the spaces if you cut and fluff them with care. Snug but not
tight or compressed.
>
> If the joist bays run over the basement wall then my advice is to extend
the bats through the bay space a foot or more over the basement wall so you
are insulating some part of the floor over the edge of the basement. Don't
be shy to fill the entire bay, if a 2 by 10 bay then fill it with fully 10
inches of fiber glass. Depending on the design and how much exterior wall
extends below the floor you can install what ever thickness of extruded foam
board under the fiber glass to hold it up under the floor and to form
another contiguous layer of insulation over the under side of the joists.
This will hold the fiber glass up into the bay space and provide some
insulation to reduce the thermal bridging through the wooden joists.
>
> I have a similar situation to yours, where I extended the master bedroom
out over the first story wall by 2 feet. I filled the space with fiber glass
and had room for 3 and a half inches of the blue foam under then strapping
and soffit. We have had it as cold as minus 40 with no perceptible
additional cold on the hardwood floor along the edge of that room. Mind you
the poly air barrier up the wall also wraps under the fiber glass and on up
the second story wall as well then on up over the ceiling.
>
> Hope this is helpful.
>
> If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Howell
> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 8:35 AM
> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] insulation question
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question about a type of insulation that would best fit this
specific application. I don't know if this particular application is so much
unique, but any thoughts are appreciated.
> The way my house sits on the foundation, results in one section hanging
over the basement walls by about 14 inches or so. When I first moved here
there was no insulation and you can bet the floors in the bedrooms over that
short area got quite cold. So, I stuffed some insulation in there and can't
recall what R rating etc. is in there, but it is faced. So, I'm thinking
that perhaps I'll add or replace that insulation with something, which may
be even more effective. So, I'm looking for some ideas for what might be a
proper insulation such as maybe attic insulation? Would the fiberglass be
best in this application or some of that foam material or maybe a combo of
the two? I think what is there does help, but I've noticed some cold air
getting in, so I wanted to remove what is there, inspect, plug any holes or
gaps and then re-insulate.
>
> THanks,
>
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>
>
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