Tom spent 20 years running his own contracting company, working as a building mechanic and operating as a carpenter. Now he creates solar, home security, moving and home warranty content content for ...

DEAR TIM: I am currently installing rigid foam insulation around the exterior of my foundation. I’m installing three inches of it to a depth of 10 to 13 inches below grade to keep the heat in and the ...

Kelly has over 10 years of experience writing about home design and improvement for many prominent publications. She also spent several years working at a tech startup for an interior design game ...

ACH Foam Technologies' Foam-Control MAX graphite polystyrene (GPS) is a rigid foam insulation well-suited for vertical construction applications where a high performance building envelop is desired.

In this video, I bought, installed, and tested six different types of garage door insulation to determine their effectiveness ...

I am renovating a house and the floor in our rec room gets very cold. We have an accessible crawl space below it. I would like to put up unfaced insulation between the floor joists and lay carpeting ...

The Dow Chemical Co. has agreed to purchase the assets of the Celotex Corp.'s rigid foam insulation business. The purchase includes all Celotex brand polyisocyanurate insulation products for ...

– Closed-cell spray foam insulation offers a complete, cost-effective and superior performance solution for exterior commercial wall construction. As a three-in-one product, closed-cell spray foam ...

The polyurethane maker Covestro will lead an effort to create a recycling program for rigid polyurethane foams in Europe. Over the next 4 years, participants in the Circular Foam project will work on ...

Because of the laws of aerodynamics, you have to streamline exterior automotive design in order to minimise air friction and reduce fuel consumption. The pursuit of comfort and aesthetics has had a ...

I cut away the outer metal sheeting of a used hot water tank to make a batch heater and discovered the insulation surrounding the tank is a hardened foam type that forms a solid rigid mass around the ...