I live in a split level house with a finished basement that I moved into back in July. This is our first winter and I noticed it was cold in the basement and after further investigating discovered that there was no insulation behind the wood panel walls. So I am in the process of removing the wood panels, which is fairly easy, and putting insulation inside the walls between the studs and on the sill plates between the ceiling joists. I have a storage closet that has no finished wall inside, it is just the foundation slab. How should I insulate this? I was thinking of using those styrofoam insulation boards and glueing them to the foundation. Also my furnace room has exposed foundation walls. I know I'm not suppose to put anything flammable near the furnace so is it better off just leaving the foundation exposed?
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19 years ago