He is thinking about stripping it back to the block and then working from the inside to make an insulated wall accepting that he might have to loose a couple of inches of floor space.
Insulate block walls above grade.
Each masonry wall design has different advantages and limitations with regard.
I want to use the xps foam boards 2 inch and fibreglass the question is whether to remove the white foam boards.
The joints are not sealed and the foam is exposed.
Adding 2 inch thick insofast panels will bring your walls to r 13 30 percent more than the iecc minimum.
The basement laundry room walls are insulated above grade with 1 inch white foam board.
I have a shop that is within an unheated warehouse.
Then attach 2x4s on the flat directly to the masonry insulate between and on top of them staggering the joints in the insulation and install additional furring on top of the insulation to attach your cladding.
According to the international energy conservation code iecc for your area mass walls ones made of thick block brick stone or adobe should be at least r 10.
The variety of concrete masonry wall constructions provides for a number of insulating strategies including.
Below grade is the bare cement block wall.
Before insulating coat the exterior of the walls with fluid applied water control and air control layers.
Hi all i know there has been a lot of discussion regarding insulating below grade basement walls but i need advice on insulating above grade concrete block walls.
Parge the exposed above grade portion of foundation walls and overlap the top 2 inches of the waterproofing membrane.
The simplest and most affordable method of insulating the interior of a block wall is to install rigid foam board insulation.
Insulating an above grade block wall from the inside.
Bryan is faced with a totally un insulated cinder block wall with 1x2 strapping and a plaster covering.
A few tips for building with insulated concrete forms garage doors and other openings wider than 8 feet need bracing.
For a below grade block wall see basement perimeter drainage and leaking foundations.
This article deals with a block wall above grade.