How to Air Seal and Insulate Your Vintage Home

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@jessicavanburen-cc7qd Жыл бұрын

Will the insulation in the walls make them rot away sooner? I heard sometimes it can increase mold and rot in old houses?

@canorth 4 жыл бұрын

Is that closed or open celled foam? Would this not destroy the old homes capacity to dry from the water that makes it through the brick?

@ClovisRamsay Жыл бұрын

Yes this prevents the masonry from breathing out moisture and inhibits the home from creating positive pressure, as old homes pre 1950's were designed to do. It's much better and safer to wrap the homes exterior if one can afford to, or, insulate with rockwool.

@rhtservicesllc 4 жыл бұрын

The space between brick and the stud wall should not be insulated as that space is to allow the brick to dry out. Wet bricks can result in them falling apart.

@appletongoose 4 жыл бұрын

On the exterior, not on the interior. The entire assembly will dry to the exterior which is common for a northern climate.

@rhtservicesllc 4 жыл бұрын

@@appletongoose both sides of the brick need to breathe. Thus why putting insulation on the back side of the brick will not allow it to dry properly

@appletongoose 4 жыл бұрын

Kenny The Almost Engineer I do not agree, but there are multiple ways to do it. In this case the closed cell foam is your vapor barrier. Thus this side is impermeable- but there is no permeable layer on the exterior, which- in a midwestern climate- is the correct flow of vapor. Heat moves to cold, and in Chicago we primarily heat our homes, therefor the vapor drive is primarily to the exterior. The closed cell foam actually improves the brick as interior vapor is blocked from getting to the bricks. They’ll now be the driest bricks in the assembly.

@jimhendrix7776 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with this comment! If its not important it wouldnt b there in the first place theyd just plaster right on the brick...

@appletongoose 4 жыл бұрын

one odd thing here - you added a ventilation fan, but provided no make up air. Where do you think the air leaving the house is coming from? So... all that make up air is going to come from the cracks and crevices you missed, creating moisture problems in the walls. The point of sealing a house is the ability to control when and where the exterior air comes from. If you ventilate, you need to replace that air with controlled air though a ventilator, preferably a heat recovery ventilator.

@DarenSpinelle Жыл бұрын

It's prob worse than that. Gas powered water heater or central heat, fire place, stove; all locations with a need to exhaust air to the outside and now at a greater risk of reverse airflow and subsequent carbon monoxide poisoning.

@histershellac2842 Ай бұрын

Please Inform Viewers! these techniques are UTTERLY REGIONALLY CLIMATE ZONE DEPENDENT

@robertmontgomery7158 4 жыл бұрын

Sealing the rain drain space between brick and wall is a bad bad bad idea. It traps water that gets past brick in the wall

@Germatti13489 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can't block the drains, they are there for a reason.

@jb6434 5 жыл бұрын

I understand that every home is different and unique, however a baseline cost estimate would be nice information to have in order to consider having this assessment done to my Bungalow.

@Wood-Renovations 5 жыл бұрын

Would be a lot better if you posted up before and after ACH numbers

@lfb7262 Ай бұрын

Very interested in your video but the music is so loud it's impossible for me to understand the narrative. I'm interested in your information regarding vintage homes, not music. I thought the music was simply an intro but it blasts throughout the entire video unnecessarily; at least at ALL parts I randomly skipped through trying to find an end to it. Best and greatest blessings to you.

@StrawB0ss Ай бұрын

I feel like they haven't thought this through very hard.

@shawncockrell6007 6 күн бұрын

Foam is R-3.8 at best per inch..... The problems it can cause is not worth the possible problems . A manual j calculation will show the minimal reduction in the BTU's required to heat and cool with R - 3.8. Air sealing the attic is a win .....walls not much at all......maybe a 30 year payback....possibly much longer.....attic work was possibly a 3 year or less payback,depending on how it was to start....possibly a year if it was terrible.