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Spacing out with blue 1/2" styrofoam

I'm redoing a bedroom ceiling that once was a garage. It has 2x6 trusses. It has R-11 faced fiberglas with the paper to the inside of the room,but is in poor shape.

A answer to my last question...

I'm redoing a bedroom ceiling that once was a garage. It has 2x6 trusses. It has R-11 faced fiberglas with the paper to the inside of the room,but is in poor shape. Q#1-- can I put a sheet of 8 mil...

Ahhh ,sorry, should have said"or should I rebuild the wall". The Tapcon screws might be the way to go. Thank you

I'm replacing the studs and sill plate in a bedroom that was a attached garage. The sill plate has anchor bolts through it. Now what is easier or best way to anchor the new sill plate. To try and...

The origanal garage was 22'x20' it was made into two bedrooms. That would be a lot to lift, what's your thought on drilling 1/4' holes in the center of the plate every 6' or so and using a caulk gun...

I'm remodeling a bedroom that was a attached garage. I have it gutted out to the studs,two of the walls are built on a 8" high concrete sill. I can see daylight between the top of the concrete and...

Thank you for all the help

Mark, the big?? Was how close to the footing can one safely dig

Mark, you are reading it right.#2 would be a lot of digging to get the outside pit lower than the basement floor. It will be #1 or#3. The 8' sq. is in the courner of the basement. How close to the...

I'm outside of the city, no sewer,septic system runs out the side wall 3' above the floor. The basement is dry, I'm just looking for a place for water to go just in case of a water heater or pipe...

I moved into a house in northern Wis. ( sandy soil on a hill ) the basement does not have a floor drain. It does have a 8'x8' area with no concrete for the floor. I would like to seal this area up. ...

OK, If you are using2x6s for headers over a door you ues 2 of them with a 1/2" piece of plywood between them to make it 31/2" wide, the same width as the 2x4 studs.
So if I am using 2x6s for wall...

When spaceing headers for a 2x4 stud wall you use a 1/2 piece of plywood.
What is the best way when using 2x6's for studs
Thanks for your time!

Only using the foam board to hold up the rest of the ins.

If the space is 5F in Wisconsin the water would be iceicles not dripping??

Going to nail furring strips to the bottom of the joists. This will hold up 1/2" blue styrafoam cut 14 1/2" wide between the joists.
Then I'm going to fill the space with insalation, batts or sty....

Everything looked good under the floor,all was dry. So I'm mostly looking for insulation.
Living in Northern Wisconsin.

I'm rebuilding a room over a crawl space,unvented, I have 6 mil on the ground and will have ins. Between the joists.
I have access to the tops of the block that makes up the walls, 2 rows on a...

I'm updateing, room by room, a older home in northern Wis. This room is 14' x 18'. I'm down to the rafters,studs, and joists. The floor was bouncy. It only has 2"x6" on 24" centers. Trying to get...

would sistering a 2x6 onto a old 2x6 be as strong as a 2x10 that should have been used? 24" on centers 14' span