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Tag Archives: insulation

Foam It Like You Mean It

October 26, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

It was a sad goodbye to the exterior brick in the bathroom this fine evening… Because It Was Time To Foam It Green: Safety first. Nice booties. This is our […]

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Warm, Cozy & Acoustically Isolated

October 25, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

All the walls are now insulated except the exterior wall… But even it’s all prepped for spray foam tomorrow: You can relate start to see the niches here. Notice we […]

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Bathroom Gets Slightly Warmer/ Quieter

October 23, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Despite the pleasant temps today, I’m all about insulating the bathroom. We’re using generously gifted R11 unfaced fiberglass batt w/o formaldehyde. Yes, we are accepting building materials as gifts these […]

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Monday Monday

April 12, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Tonight I hung out in the basement some more, insulating under the radiant floor pex: While Rob did the final fasten down of the plywood up in the kitchen: Ooh […]

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Before and After: 2nd Floor Hall Before

January 24, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Our hallway was the lucky recipient of Our Last Piece Of Drywall! It started with this: Then ductwork encroached: Then even more ductwork: Then we studded it up: Then I […]

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Roxul Party

January 8, 2010by madisonsquare Leave a comment

Earlier this week prior to drywalling, we had to fireblock our soffit with this stuff: Roxul aka “rotten cotton”. Made of stone, this stuff will stop fire but is really […]

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