and... what are those who determine, deeming proper termite barrier? For information sake. thanks for letting me stick my nose in.
On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Alan & Terrie Robbins wrote: > Dan > > So if I understand you correctly, the foam panels will be on the inside, > correct? What is your plan to cover them outside of the fact you want to > inspect behind them? Once we know this we can figure the rest out. > > Al > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dan Rossi > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 9:41 AM > To: Blind Handyman List > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rigid insulation and termites. > > > > I was interested in the comments about rigid foam insulation and termites. > Since I am refinishing the basement, I will be placing rigid foam > insulation under the floor and on the wall. We definitely have a termite > issue in our area. The interior basement stairs are seriously damaged > from a termite infestation about 15 or more years ago. Two years ago we > found termite activity again in the basement and had the place treated. > So, I need to be careful. > > What I found out about foam insulation and termites is mainly that the > insulation isn't a food for the termites, but they can tunnel through it, > and it can hide their activity making it more difficult to identify the > infestation early. > > According to a couple of web sites, building codes, in areas where > termites are known to be active, require termite barriers if foam > insulation is used on the exterior of the foundation walls. > > Now here is a question for the crazier of the handymen. Since I am only > finishing the middle third of my basement, and since, being a town house, > one of the side walls is actually an interior wall, I really only have > about 15 feet of exterior wall that I will be insulating. Would I be > insane to make that wall semi movable? Meaning, maybe hinge the panels so > that I can do annual inspections behind the wall to check the block for > signs of water, termites, mold, dot dot dot. > > Would there be any way to do this and still make it look reasonably nice > on the interior? > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
