Have plans to finish your basement? Noise through the ceiling is a common complaint. Avoid trouble and learn how to ...

An unfinished basement’s concrete floor is a blank ... 13. Insulate the ceiling. By adding insulation between the ceiling joists, you can decrease the sound transfer and increase the thermal ...

My house has an unfinished basement. Does the exposed fiberglass insulation in the ceiling pose any risk to my children, who sometimes play there? —A.O., Cold Spring, N.Y. Probably not.

Q. My basement is unfinished and I want to install fiberglass insulation between the exposed floor joists in the ceiling. Short of nailing up gypsum board panels, how can I keep the insulation ...

When it comes to finishing or updating an unfinished basement ... It's not necessary, but basement ceiling insulation in the floor joists can help deaden sound and help you have a warmer floor ...

My enormous unfinished basement ... a thick layer of fiberglass insulation covered in white plastic and attached to the walls from floor to ceiling. It may look strange, but the space is warm ...

Ready for a basement remodel ... choose to insulate your ceiling to help with noise from above. Depending on the complexity of the ceiling, you may want to use an insulation kit to do this.

Q: I wonder if ceiling insulation in a basement does any good. The basement is not heated and gets chilly in winter. The ceiling is insulated with 9 inches of fiberglass batting that was once ...

Our house was built in the early 1980s and our basement was and still is unfinished ... is whether we redo the ceiling insulation – paper side up or install a 2″ foam board insulation on ...