Q: Is it a good or bad idea to insulate house walls if the exterior is brick and the interior is plaster? It’s been recommended that we insulate our walls. The house was built in the 1940s. The ...

If you’re looking for the answer to what is insulated plasterboard you’re in the right place. In easy-to-understand terms, it’s a smart, dual-purpose material that combines plasterboard and insulation ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Installing insulation in walls is one of the most efficient and cost-effective ...

Q: Our 1920s bungalow has a small front closet that is punched out from the wall of the house so that the box of the closet extends past the exterior walls. This leaves the three walls and floor in ...

IF YOUR home was built after 1920 but not in the last 10 years then it might be an un-insulated cavity wall house. If there is a small gap or `cavity' between the two layers of walls, they are `cavity ...

Old buildings are beautiful -- and hard to insulate. Swiss engineers have developed a new Aerogel-based plaster that provides twice the insulation of currently used insulating renders. The product ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...