Q: My girlfriend is convinced that we would save on heating expenses if we insulated between the roof rafters. My contention is that only the attic floor needs to be insulated because we only use the ...

Q. The house I own is over 100 years old, with the old lath boards, plaster, and old, drafty windows. So insulating it is important. In one part of the attic there is old, blown-in insulation between ...

My girlfriend is convinced that we would save on heating expenses if we insulated between the roof rafters. My contention is that only the attic floor needs to be insulated because we only use the ...

Q: My girlfriend is convinced that we would save on heating expenses if we insulated between the roof rafters. My contention is that only the attic floor needs to be insulated because we only use the ...

Insulating between rafters will do no good because the attic should be ventilated, and the rafter insulation would be between two unheated spaces. You can add insulation to the floor, the more the ...

Instead of fibre insulation installed between rafters (followed by a vapor barrier and drywall that hides your pretty rafter roof), or the same kind of batt insulation placed between floor framing ...

Anyone who visits their attic might realize just how poorly that space is insulated. What should be done, if that's the case, to insulate the house properly? Jamie Wine, executive director of the ...

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