"Understanding Your Home" by Building Inspector Mark Visser

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Insulation - Index Can't find it here? Use our search box Signs of not enough attic insulation 'Shadowing' or 'Pattern Soiling' or 'Ghost Marks' on Ceilings TYPES OF INSULATION INSULATING WALLS & CELINGS BATTS Fiberglass Mineral Wool/Rock Wool ... LOOSE FILL Overview Cellulose Fiberglass Rock or Mineral Wool Vermiculite SPRAY ON 1/2 Pound and 2 Pound Spray Foam Insulation Soy Spray Foam Insulation Urea Formaldehyde (UFFI) ... CEILINGS Cathedral Ceilings Flat Roofs 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 Storey Homes ... WALLS Basement Wall - Exterior Basement Wall - Interior Walls - Exterior Rigid Board Insulation Walls - Interior Fiberglass Insulation ... AIR BARRIERS - VAPOUR BARRIERS Air Barrier - Housewrap Vapour Barrier Paint Vapour Barrier - Polyethylene ...