Q:I have an open ceiling in my garage that is insulated with paper-backed R-13 batts with the fiberglass exposed and held in place by metal strips. The ceiling has a lot of pipes and wires running ...

Q:I read your article "Adding insulation to flat, bare-beamed ceiling" (Sept. 8), and I have a question about insulating the ceiling between the beams. From what I read, it seems that no ventilation ...

I don't know anything about construction but my father and step-father are helping me finish my basement and they don't seem to agree on the insulation I should use.<BR><BR>My father (and people at ...

Our small mud room in the rear of the house is absolutely freezing with major drafts coming in to the house to the point that the first floor is almost unlivable in this weather. We took the room down ...

In recent years, requiring building envelopes for greater insulation layers have become a trend for new construction. Despite this trend, it has been shown that dynamic insulation systems, which offer ...