Energy-Saving Floor Insulation | This Old House

[@BiggMo]

Thanks for demonstrating one of the challenges to building affordable housing

[@colonelquail3993]

Very nice

[@pjmorgan]

Five million yards of foam and concrete are no doubt just brilliant for the environment

[@joeivo911]

Great point. Ends up in the trash.

[@durangodave]

so what happens to the concrete floor when the foam decays?

[@Ariel1S]

That kind of foam doesn't decay unless it's in sunlight.

[@chrisseng6360]

Ahhh plastic… basically permanent.

[@TheCroz4]

Hope his basement never leaks

[@Tanagra180]

I was thinking the same! But then they say there's "no basement, no attic"

[@milanvdv]

Weird choice: 1. Insulating below the slab (I prefer XPS boards, no experience with load carrying foam in Europe) 2. Pouring a new slab, aan good thermal mass for low temperature heating with steady indoor temperatures 3. Insulating the slab from the inside (so negating the benefit of the thermall mass from the concrete slab) 4. having an expensive underfloor system (dry method) This has been overcomplicated, making it more expensive en less efficient. What should be done, definetely if the slab was removed from the beginning 1. Insulate the slab from the ground with XPS (load carrying) insulation boards 2. Attach the underfloor heating pipes to the reïnforcement nets for the conrete (preferably below the net, not above) 3. Pour concreten and directly on top the finished floor. Just 2 layers instead of the 4 that were used now, for this specific case. I hope it's part of the process of learning, but it is sometimes verry hard to endure wathcing these kind of choices

[@simonjanssen4951]

I love low HERS rated buildings

[@gurban333]

amazing amount of money just to put duct work an insulation in a house. probably wont even break even in 50 yrs

[@ssl3546]

It's about comfort (dry, warm basement) nothing to do with cost.

[@jperin001]

@@ssl3546 No basement, ground level.

[@rupe53]

@@ssl3546 what basement? This house is on a slab of concrete.

[@daddyof3girls09]

Not to mention the thermal loss by having ductwork under grade and exposed to unprotected ground on the bottom side.

[@PHamster]

Need an episode with fire resistance housing.

[@teeing9355]

Reason I really don't watch This Old House is because it's only for people with endless bank accounts to do crap like this. If they really want to be more energy efficient, live in a smaller house.

[@C1USTERDUCK]

Yet here you are.

[@daddyof3girls09]

That's all TOH has been about for years, a infomercial for the latest technology. Probably one main reason they don't describe budgets on air anymore. Used to be they'd talk about the budget snd how close they were at the last episode. Now they don't even.mntion it.

[@jptrainor]

Sponsorship deals for premium products.

[@johnrbnsn]

It's crazy that they put those regulations for houses in when we've got a huge housing shortfall. I'm all for energy efficiency, I'm a building science nerd, but people need new affordable houses

[@piscatawaymechanic]

holy cow. do these people live in alaska and Antarctica ? well the floor will be nice and warm. but youll be at your job 24/7 trying to pay for all this crap thats just going to be pulled up 20 years from now. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@daddyof3girls09]

I believe they said Lexington and since Charlie Silva was there I'd say that's Lexington MA.

[@stutter4064]

These home owners have a bank account balance that surpasses their iq by an infinite factor

[@C1USTERDUCK]

Wow. If I had quintillions of dollars I would probably would splurge on insulation too.

[@daddyof3girls09]

Or they're trying to meet RIDICULOUS HUD or EPA standards.

[@RyanCoomer]

at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buffet.

[@johnlebzelter4208]

Looser troll.

[@elainerussell924]

You sure you put them in your pockets ? I herd some one found a pubic hair on one !!! Ask Bob he knows

[@RyanCoomer]

@@elainerussell924 thats odd, usually they go in my pockets unless it was a tough week and i was running late due to buffet dinner rush!

[@elainerussell924]

@RyanCoomer bobs pissed

[@tylere.8436]

Ok then. That's one way to do it - an unexpected and rather expensive way.

[@Nova-m8d]

This has to be a joke, they buried forced air heating ducts literally in the dirt. This is the dumbest thing on the internet (today).

[@ryanroberts1104]

"How to spend as much money as you possibly can on your own remodeling project"

[@SteveBennet500]

who pours concrete over sprayfoam?!? wtf...

[@whattheschmidt]

Look at how new garage slabs are insulated underneath - rigid foam taped together or closed cell 2" like this. Both work great and in this case with the floor heat it makes plenty of sense.

[@saulgoodman2018]

Ther HERS rating is what makes housing more expensive then they need to be.

[@daddyof3girls09]

Save on utility bills but pay out the backside up front.

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[@teeing9355]

The reason I really don't watch This Old House is it's only for people with endless bank accounts to do crap like this. If they really want to be more energy efficient, live in a smaller house.

[@donc-m4900]

I bet if they installed a heat pump, they would be more energy efficient than all this mess. But we only see a 3 minute clip, not the full story.