Greeetings from NY I have been looking into that “Tiger Foam” to sprey on a box in a basement . Is that product any good or is there another one that would work better
BTW I got some advise here a year ago about insulating an apt . I used rR-21 walls and 38 in the cieling (2 Layers of 19 ) I used 1″ foam rigid and furred them out before drywall . it was the best thing I ever did . The gas bill is great
Thanks again for the advise
Thanks in advance
Roy
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Greetings Royalt,
This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again which will increase it's viewing.
Perhaps it will catch someone's attention that can help you with advice.
Cheers
sobriety is the root cause of dementia.
Thanks
Roy
Sure.
What is the box in the basement for and what size is it?
sobriety is the root cause of dementia.
Rez its the rim joist going around the outside of the floor joist 2x10
Regards
Roy
So what you are wanting to do is insulate the perimeter of the above ground area of the basement walls?
sobriety is the root cause of dementia.
You got it cuz i was wonderin if any of you ever heard of that product called "Tiger Foam " and if you heard if it was any good or nor por if you could reccomend one . i was always under the impression that FG was best to use but the airspace kills any benefit that the GF gains I dont know if a foam installer would want to bother with a small job like that
Regards
Roy
The description of 'box' used in the first post kind of thru me off understanding what you were wanting to insulate. I take it now that you are speaking of the areas between the floor joists of the first floor sitting on the sill abutting the rim.
Spray foam would work well there in that sealing any possibility of air infiltration being more important in this common troublespot than the subject of R-values.
In the archive listing of old threads on Breaktime there are a number of threads mentioning Tiger Foam that may be informative.
If you scroll up in the upper left corner of your screen there is an advanced search function
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that upon clicking will take you to a page of instructions directing you to previous threads dealing with whatever you type in the search bar which is found on that page.
If you type in 'tiger foam', 'rim joist insulation' or other keywords of a subject matter you'll get a supply of data from those old threads.
As you'll read some advocate a light coat of sprayfoam followed by pieces of cut foamboard depending on the ease of accessibility and depending on the size of the basement some a smaller aerosol spray as GreatStuff coupled with foamboard for the DIY.
Pleasant reading to you.
SOP here now is to inset the rim joist about 1.5" and then apply that much rigid foam on the outside to fill the resulting notch.
If your view never changes you're following the wrong leader
Do you know how to make a lightbulb symbol? I feel like I need it.
Couldn't find one.
Time to call in the gunner.
sobriety is the root cause of dementia.
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Edited 9/18/2007 6:55 am ET by rez
I went to college for five years to learn that. Can't just tell you -- wouldn't be fair.
If your view never changes you're following the wrong leader
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I'm going Fortan on your a**!
Not even close.
If your view never changes you're following the wrong leader
School me.
Like I said, ya gotta go to school for five years and learn the secret handshake.
If your view never changes you're following the wrong leader
I went for four
They must have taught that the fifth year.
Is that a lightbulb or an old lady bending over?
sobriety is the root cause of dementia.