Most male animals have different color fur to show off and attract a beautiful female. The same goes for kangaroos. Females are a plain brown, and males are a beautiful reddish brown.
Yes. Skylights on roofs typically have a light well that extends through the attic. This light well should be insulated to prevent heat loss into the attic. The air/vapor barrier should be on the warm side, which is the side closest to the interior finish. The light wells can be thought of as conventional walls, exposed to the attic. These are similar to knee walls.
If the space within them is used for living purposes, yes. It would help with comfort and heating costs.
To keep heat in - and cold out. Many buildings are poorly insulated ( the 'standard' house-brick is the main culprit. This lets heat escape through the walls (and roofs) of buildings. Insulation traps the heat inside.
It depends on the application. For homes, masonry is fine as long as it is insulated well against the weather. Masonry rarely needs maintenance. Concrete walls are stronger and last longer than masonry but are more costly to construct. For basement walls, I suggest that you always use concrete walls. Above ground level, masonry is cheaper and strong enough for residential and commercial, multi-story applications. For retaining walls, 8" thick masonry works well up to about 8 feet of retained earth. Above that, the lower courses of block will get thicker to 12". You still need concrete footings for block walls.
For the exterior, a Styrofoam panel will do just fine and you can get that at any home improvement store. For the interior, a product like InSofast might do the trick. I've never used it, but I'm planning to try it out this summer.
Any water lines in a crawl space that don't have insulated walls should be insulated unless you live in climates that temperatures don't go below freezing (32F). I recommend that you use all the inside walls as much as possible for your water lines. You can also insulate your crawl space walls then you shouldn't have a problem on your non insulated water pipes as long as your crawl space is below your frost line. In colder climates its against code to plumb water lines in exterior walls.
It is important if your basement is unconditioned space. If your basement walls and floor are insulated it is not so important.
Yes. Skylights on roofs typically have a light well that extends through the attic. This light well should be insulated to prevent heat loss into the attic. The air/vapor barrier should be on the warm side, which is the side closest to the interior finish. The light wells can be thought of as conventional walls, exposed to the attic. These are similar to knee walls.
Tapestries are a form of artwork, and were used to decorated the walls. Tapestries also made the walls seem warmer in large rooms, where the walls were usually made of stone, because they insulated the people in the stone, which conducts heat rather well and was often very cold in the winter.
If the space within them is used for living purposes, yes. It would help with comfort and heating costs.
ICF stands for Insulated Concrete Forms. ICF walls are exterior walls made by stacking interlocking forms and filled with concrete. These forms typically consist of foam insulation on both sides, providing energy efficiency and structural strength to the building.
To keep heat in - and cold out. Many buildings are poorly insulated ( the 'standard' house-brick is the main culprit. This lets heat escape through the walls (and roofs) of buildings. Insulation traps the heat inside.
Hi, You can use a infrared imager and view through it to see where your walls are warmer and also you can use a lazer digital temperature meter to do much the same.This will show you the uneven heat loss through uninsulated walls and insulated walls so you'll pretty much know where you stand. Hope this helps: Jimiwane
A straw house is well insulated because straw has natural insulating properties, trapping air pockets which help regulate temperature inside the house. Additionally, the thick walls of a straw house provide additional insulation against heat transfer.
I can give you several sentences.The house is insulated against lightning strikes.Wear your insulated boots out in the snow.She is insulated by layers of clothing.
Aluminum wires are insulated.
It is designed to hang in the air, insulated from the hot metal walls of the oven, which could be (and usually are) hotter than the air or the food being cooked.