Basement insulation is essential for energy efficiency, comfort, and cost savings. Here, industry experts reveal nine insulation ideas to help maintain a balanced temperature in your basement. By ...

If you can afford to lose the floor space, consider adding 2x4 walls packed full of insulation. You can also run wires conventionally inside this type of system - a big advantage.

The porosity of a concrete floor can make your basement cold and damp robbing you of valuable living space. Today, floating ...

Adding insulation to a typical home’s attic, flooring, basement, and crawl spaces can lower total energy costs by an average of 11 percent if you also plug unwanted air leaks.

Since floor insulation creates a barrier between your home and the cold ground or unheated basement below, it helps to prevent heat from escaping through the floor.

If every other room in your home is complete, it may be to time move on to the basement. Not sure what to do with the additional square footage, though? This guide covers exactly how to finish a ...

Ask the Remodeler's Mark Philben tackles readers' questions about hardwood floor installation and basement insulation. Skip to Main Content Open Close Menu. Home News. Local News; ...

The basement, all below grade, has blown insulation in the ceiling. We do have pipes, both baseboard and potable water, near external walls. In 33 years, this basement has never gotten colder than ...

The way the heat moved through my home gave me the inkling that my home had no insulation. It's a 100-year-old home in Boston where I was splitting the first-floor apartment with a roommate I met ...

Build a passively cooled basement root cellar and take advantage of one the most efficient ways to put up storage crops and home-canned preserves. Organic Gardening ...