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Vapor Barrier in Crawlspace with thin layer of concrete
Hello,I am in Northern NJ. I have an old crawlspace with about 1/2 in of concrete. (The floor beneath the concrete is soil.) I would like to install a 6…
Crawlspace Vapor Barrier
Hi.I have a crawlspace that's attached to the part of the house from 1900s. There are two access to it, one from the basement and the other from the outside.…
Installing an Indirect Water Heater
Hello. I keep getting conflicting information about installing an indirect water heater with my current hot water boiler. I live in Northern NJ. I run the boiler six months a…
Blowing Cellulose Insulation into an Old Attic with Flex Ducts
Hello! I have a home in northern NJ built in 1895. It has a pitched flat vented roof. The roof is made up of torched down bitumen material. The attic…
Vapor Barrier in Crawlspace and Vent to the outside
Hello!I have a crawlspace that has about 1/4 of an inch layer of concrete. It is in Northern NJ and was probably built in 1900s. It has a small access…
Insulating an Old Vented Attic With Questionable Wiring
Hello. I have a house in the northern NJ built in the 1900s. It has a flat pitched roof. It is a vented attic. Currently, there is no insulation. I’m…
Insulating Rim Joists With No Sill Plate
Hi. I live in a Northern NJ house built in 1895. The rim joist of the house do not have sill plate. The floor joist are embedded in the rim…
Embedded rim joist insulation
Hi, I have a house that was built around 1895 in Northern NJ. The rim joists are not insulated at all. The floor joist rest on the brick foundation and…
Insulating with cellulose in attic with electrical wires
Hi,I wanted to insulate my attic with cellulose. I noticed that I have electrical wires running in the attic as picture below. They are the white wires running over the…
Insulating with two sidings
Hi,I am in norther NJ, Climate 4. I have a home that was built in 1900s.It has no sill plates in the foundation and no sub floor. I don't think…