How to Insulate Your Basement: Part 2

In this episode, Justin Fink does another walkthrough of an unfinished basement, this time looking for ways to tighten up air leaks at the bulkhead door and windows before moving on to adding insulation.
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[@rhtservicesllc]

Would have liked to see more details on how the frame of the door was built

[@robertmontgomery7158]

That door is beautifully insulated and leaks air like a sieve . Air sealing around door is 100x more important than insulation

[@neuf350z3]

This is a great series of videos that are straightforward and informative! I started insulating my basement and have learned some things from your videos. On a side note, I highly recommend an air quality monitoring system, which are relatively inexpensive. When I first moved into my house 8 years ago, a radon test was done and there were no high levels of radon. Two years ago I got an air quality monitor (Airthings) that detected high levels of radon, forcing me to hire a radon specialist to put in a mitigation system. Since radon is odorless, you'd never know you had a problem until you started to get sick.

[@WADS-rr9wy]

your so good man keep it up

[@ivtec845]

That door was a great idea what about the bottom tho did you include a threshold that is siliconed or foamed underneath

[@Nmdixon-cu7vm]

I’m so early there’s no thumbnail, no comments, no views and no likes or dislikes. 😂

[@LiveAndLearnWithMe]

Why don't house build with double pane basement windows