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What would be a good cheap insulation for a basement ceiling or wall?
Insulating the ceiling will not accomplish anything. Insulate the basement wall with a moisture barrier (plastic or house wrap). Without this barrier, you are wasting time and money. Then insulate with fiberglass, same as your above ground walls.
What is the difference between PVC and nylon?
First, PVC: chemical name PVC, sub-rigid polyvinyl chloride and soft polyvinyl chloride. High mechanical strength, chemical properties of vinyl chloride (code-named PVC) is a vinyl chloride monomer polymerization from the synthetic polymer. Polyvinyl chloride is a white or light yellow powder resin, the density of about 1.4, chlorine content of 56% to 58%. In the polyvinyl chloride resin by adding different plasticizers and stabilizers, can be made of different rigid polyvinyl chloride and soft polyvinyl chloride. Polyvinyl chloride itself is a linear polymer, because the attraction between the molecules is very large, combined with each other close and solid, making the polymer chain is not free, so hard texture. When the resin is not added or less (10% or less) plasticizer, get the hard PVC. Hard PVC high density, with acid, alkali and corrosion resistance of the excellent performance, it is often used as chemical equipment, pipe and construction panels, such as flooring, ceiling and so on. When adding more plasticizer in the resin, you can get soft polyvinyl chloride, plasticizer plus more, the more flexible the plastic. Soft PVC with flexibility, resistance to folding, light, water, oxidation resistance, it is often used to make thin film and wire foreskin and so on. Most of the PVC products in daily life are soft polyvinyl chloride, such as PVC made of leather widely used in clothing, footwear, suitcases, purses and so on. If you add a blowing agent to the polyvinyl chloride plastic, you can make the foam. It has a light weight, thermal insulation, noise and other excellent performance, widely used in footwear, building materials, ship and aircraft manufacturing and other industries.
which of the following insulating materials that are used in roofs ( foil, fibreglass batts, seaweed) work by trapping a layer of air in them??
you should make sure to put baffles in against the roof over the eves before you fill it in you do need to get ventilation into the attic or you will cause more damage
I'm afraid that joint compound might not adhere well to plywood.
It will stick just fine. I have painted wood paneling this way too...by taping all the seams just like you would dry wall, and filling the grooves as well. Once it is sanded and painted it looks just like drywall.
Details: The house is a 3 story house. When showering on the 2nd or 3rd floor, the living room ceiling leaked. Not just 1-2 drops but we had to get a bucket and you can see the staining on the ceiling. This was 4-5 years ago and we stopped using these showers. No further leaking when NOT using the showers. The contractor opened the ceiling today near the staining and turned on the showers. He said that there was no leaking. What happened? Any suggestions? Thanks.
I have encountered this problem. It is one of two things. Either the rubber gasket at the drain is bad or the plumbers putty has failed at the drain. If you have a fiberglass shower pan, there is a metal plate attached to the drain by two screws. Once these are removed you have a collar which is screwed in to the mating piece on the underside of the pan. The other piece is glued to the waste line. Between the glued piece and the bottom of the pan is a rubber washer. This may be bad. I'd try removing the collar first and reapplying plumbers putty and reinstalling it. This can be done by using the handles of a pair of channel locks against the nubs that the screws go into. After doing that, test it. If it still leaks then it is the gasket. You will actually have to buy a complete assembly to get one as home centers don't sell them separately. It always amazes me how some plumbers want to start tearing out ceilings before checking the obvious. I can almost guarantee you that your leak is one of the two.
I am redoing my basement and am wondeirng what is the best way to insulate the basement ceiling, mainly to cut down on noise. My house is fairly old and the hardwood floors we have upstairs creak very loudly when you walk on them, and can be heard through the basement. Would fiberglass insulation work to cut down on footstep noise? If i put two layers in the ceiling would that be better? Or if I carpet upstairs would that muffle the sound?
We have carpet and insulation and it is still loud. Actually fixing the squeaks did more good than any of it. Try and find the worst floor boards, nail them down to the joist. We could never get them all. Good Luck
How to do a good job on the wall when the level of leveling work
① humidity: ground moisture content should be less than 3% (self-leveling manufacturers require to keep the soil surface dry). Use CCM moisture tester. ② surface hardness: with a sharp chisel fast cross cut the surface, the intersection should not be burst. Use a hardness characterizer. ③ surface flatness: with 2 m ruler test, the gap should not be greater than 2mm. Use the flatness tester.
need a ceiling ladder storage rack that can hold a 28 ft. fibreglass ladder?
Are you asking me if I need a ladder rack? Or are you wondering what to use to hold a fiberglass ladder to the ceiling? Option 2) you could use 2 giant hooks that screw into the ceiling, and that should be sufficient. However: since those ladders are a bit heavy, why not do yourself a favor and store it horizontally on a couple hooks near the bottom of the wall instead? It's a lot more convenient that way, and safer for everyone concerned.