Tony Giovinazzo from Waterloo Canada writes: Mike I am preparing to finish my basement and have read in this blog that you recommend rigid insulation with duct tape and NO vapour barrier. Can you ...

Creating a space that is warm and dry is absolutely essential if you want to turn your basement into a usable room. That's why it's so important to get your basement insulation right. Nailing this ...

Q–I want to insulate the wood room-addition of my brick duplex house. What`s the best way to do this? Is there a ”This Old House” video on this subject? A–Although we`ve shown how to install ...

I am renovating a house and the floor in our rec room gets very cold. We have an accessible crawl space below it. I would like to put up unfaced insulation between the floor joists and lay carpeting ...