Fiberglass Insulation - Page 3 of 5

CertainTeed's DryRight insulation is conventional fiber-glass batts faced with a thin layer of MemBrain, a vapor-retarding sheeting that reduces the chances of condensation in the wall cavity and blocks moisture from entering the cavity

You can upgrade insulation without gutting your walls, but not until you know what’s in there now.

Insulation is an incredibly effective way of making sure that conditioned indoor air stays indoors.

Watch Mike Guertin blown in fiberglass insulation, an affordable way to increase R-value in homes with empty attics.

Infrared cameras are great investigative tools, but so are coat hangers.

I hate installing fiberglass insulation, especially overhead. Faced with this task, I reach for the forklike tool shown in the drawings below. Made of 2x2s screwed and glued at their intersection…

Q: I want to insulate and drywall the attic in a house with a gambrel roof. I want to use unfaced fiberglass insulation and cover it with 6-mil plastic and…

For fiberglass-batt insulation to perform at its best, it needs to fit tightly into every nook and cranny. When I have to cut batts to insulate the intersections at the…

Maybe, but other types of insulation offer installation advantages that make them more reliable.

Tips from a renovation contractor, from his book Renovating Old Houses