Sentences with phrase «joist cavities»

If you have a property that wasn't renovated to actually be a duplex, you probably just have 1/2» drywall on the ceiling with empty joist cavities.

I first filled the joist cavities with sound insulation (Roxul Safe n Sound is good because it is also fire rated, there's also a pink insulation for sound that is cheaper but not fire rated).

Not exact matches

The rim joist is insulated with cavity insulation on the interior and the slab is left uninsulated.

The rim joist is insulated with cavity insulation on the interior.

1 Oscar Baldry getting down to work in the old newsagent's shop; 2 laying Kingspan and Ecotherm insulation in the ground floor of the old shop; 3 first floor metal web joist detailing, with membrane behind the joists for airtightness; 4 ground floor walls feature 50 mm Xtratherm internal insulation; 5 this is followed inside by an Intello vapour control barrier and a further 25 mm Xtratherm; 6 the new timber frame first - floor twin - stud walls and roof rafters are of a fully breathable construction and full - filled with Warmcel cellulose insulation; 7 holes in the timber - frame where the Warmcel insulation was pumped in; 8 a pro clima Intello membrane on the inside of the first - floor walls and roof; 9 and finally, 50 mm Thermafleece (sheep wool) lined service cavity to the interior.

The walls included deep cavity walls insulated with dense - packed cellulose (double stud and I - joist), cavity walls with exterior insulation (polyisocyanurate, XPS, and mineral wool), a ccSPF wall (with 2 × 8 studs), and a «datum» or baseline comparison wall (2 × 6 with cavity insulation)...

The walls consist of 1 1/2» XPS rigid insulation and R - 19 cellulose insulation in the stud cavities, with 2» of closed - cell spray foam insulation at the rim joist.

The lean to roof includes 225 timber joists, which were pumped with cellulose insulation; an Ampac Ampatop Protecta membrane & tapes; and a 100 mm service cavity with Sheep Wool Insulation inside the airtight layer

(clockwise from top left) The ground floor features 400 mm Kore EPS insulation under 100 mm reinforced concrete slab; a Siga Majpell vapour control and airtight layer protects the building against excessive moisture penetration; the 45 mm service cavity fulfilled with mineral wool insulation; airtight detailing to prevent the joist ends causing avoidable infiltration; Ampatop Protecta plus membrane fitted to the roof; the timber frame structure coming together

Roof: Rheinzink Prepatina graphite grey double standing seam onto 22 mm plywood sheeting, on 44 mm battens fixed through to joists, on Ampatop Protecta plus roof membrane, on 500 mm twin timber stud warm roof fulfilled with Springvale Ecobead Platinum insulation, on Siga Majpell vapour control and airtight layer, on 15 mm OSB class 3 board, on 45 mm service cavity fulfilled with mineral wool insulation, on 12.5 mm plasterboard with 3 mm skim coat finish

Twin joist zone pump filled with of high density cellulose insulation, with 40 mm uninsulated service cavity and 12.5 mm plasterboard under.

The majority of home improvements in home energy efficiency come in the way of enhanced insulation — in the cavities of walls, between joists in attics, or around window panes — and from installing efficient fixtures and appliances.