Q. Hoping you can help me with this question related to insulating a brick home. I have a brick house built in 1930. There is no insulation in the walls. I am going to replace the two sets of large ...

Not too long ago I was at a lecture given by a well-known futurist who proudly described (to a room full of heritage professionals) how he insulated his 200 year old home with seven inches of ...

Q. I live in a house that was built in the 1950s, with an addition built in the early 1960s. It has "face brick" on the outside. Is it feasible to have insulation added to the walls of this type of ...

When it comes to maintaining the durability of brick masonry wall systems, moisture control is perhaps the most crucial design consideration. Unwanted moisture can cause masonry to experience ...

Best suited to homes with solid walls made from stone or brick, adding internal wall insulation to homes that have a cavity wall is not considered necessary. As well as eating into floor space, it ...

The wife and I bought a house a month and a half ago, and gutted most of the kitchen today as the start of our kitchen renovation (don't worry, taking lots of pics for the inevitable thread). I poked ...