Robin Grimes
Fiberglass blows and Cellulose sucks.
It’s 105 degrees and dry, dry, dry in Houston, Texas. One of my tenants called to say the A/C was not keeping up. It was 81 degrees in the house with the A/C running 24/7. This is an older home built in 78’ so th...
Logan Zanki
Top apartment gets really hot
Last year the tenants in the top floor of my Multi family home had a lot of trouble with the heat. It was like they were living in a sauna. There's no central air, they just have window AC's.
Can someone plea...
Seb Ko
Anyone here renovate garage attic for living space?
Hi Chitown BP folks, I'm thinking of renovating the garage attic space into an office area (no plumbing and not a bedroom). It's a good amount of space for this purpose. Challenge is that the garage is not insulated a...
Kevin Castaneda
1920s Rehab - Remove or Keep Planking Under Drywall
Hey BP friends,I'm rehabbing a 1920s house in San Antonio, Texas, that has shiplap planking covered by vinyl siding on the exterior and shiplap covered by drywall on the interior walls and ceiling.My family and I are ...
DL Martin
OHio Multifamily R20 insulation requirement for new roofs
Greeting;Today, while gathering information for obtaining a bid on 7,200 sq ft of flat roof for a 38 unit apartment complex, I was told that in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, if a permit is pulled for a re-roof, prior t...
Peter Graves
water infiltration into crawlspace + insulation below first floor
HI BP, I'm looking for a contractor to help us solve water infiltration issues in our unfinished crawl space. Also, we need to install insulation below the first floor due to previous tenants saying that the floors ar...
Andrew S.
Best products to insulate rigid metal AC ductwork
I have a fairly long stretch of rigid metal ductwork in he crawl space of an mid-50-ies property. Just blank metal. I suspect I have substantial energy losses because of it, but even worse, humid Summer weather is cl...
Nelson Del Castillo
Flipping house in north east with no insulation
Hello I am under contract to purchase a bank owned single family home in Connecticut. As I was doing my final inspection I realized there is no insulation in the walls in about 60 percent of the house ( the exterior ...
Todd Bailey
Tenant noise - considering adding insulation in interior walls
We have a 3 unit property, and one tenant moved out recently. She mentioned that normal noise from other tenants (baby, talking, etc) kept her awake at night. Got me thinking that there is probably no insulation or ot...
Shawn H.
Structural Insulated Panels for SFH or MFH developments
Is anyone using SIPS(structural insulated panels) for their new construction projects? If so, would you use again? Seems like there could be substantial cost savings with labor. Also, seems like contractors are hes...