Personal Consumer Issues • New home insulation recommendations

Mineral wool (rock wool is one brand name) is great. Save the spray foam for the tricky bits.

I had to redo the insulation in my unfinished basement due to a fairly serious mold problem. I had fiberglass batts put in the walls and rock wool in the overhead (with sheets of a breathable plastic over it). I chose the rock wool because of:

- its resiliency to moisture
- the fact that the bsmt is unheated - No walking on cold first floor floors in the winter.
- its soundproofing qualities. I run a pretty big dehumidifier in the basement and the rock wool deadens the sound nicely

Rock wool isn’t right for every application but it has worked for me.

Statistics: Posted by friar1610 — Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:11 am — Replies 25 — Views 1485

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