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• Open-cell spray foam for field stone basement wall?

  I am finishing a basement in a old home (1850s) in NE PA. Can open cell spray foam be applied to an interior field stone basement foundation wall if the…

• Capillary break

  I am getting ready to insulate my basement in preparation for future finishing into living space. My home is located in NE Pennsylvania and was built in 1859 and sits…

• Adding ISO board under siding??

  I have a 160 year old ballon framed farm house in NE Pennsylvania. I want to add insulation to the exterior walls. The current wall profile is 1/2" sheet rock,…

• Will my insulation plan work?

  I am in the course of remodeling an 1860s balloon-framed farmhouse in NE Pennsylvania. I am currently reinsulating the attic. It originally had only R-19 fiberglass insulation in it which…