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Not mine but I'm almost sure I found it on here at some point. I'd love to see know more about it, before I shamelessly copy it! to see more

I'm looking to insulate the interior of my concrete block walls. I've searched and read as many threads as I could find but I'm still confused. The building is in Denver. 10 ft ceilings nothing underground. I'm planning on framing out the walls. What would be the best for my climate and the most...

So far its saved me tons of money. Being able to research the correct ways to do things myself. Thus saving me from having to do them twice or pay somebody to do it for me.

Another question, If I plan on putting in a t/g ceiling eventually should I put up some sort of barrier over the faced insulation before I install the t/g ceiling? I was thinking some sort of plastic like 6 mil so my heat doesn't escape through the cracks. I plan on using some of this beetle...

Thanks Tim, I went and got a carbon monoxide alarm today, and a piece of tin tube that I cut down the side and slipped over the vent pipe, there is a truss only 2" away from the vent pipe and even though I consider that a combustible obviously I nailed the pipe to it to create the dam, its been...

Thanks, My lady is from Melbourne, been down your way many times. Gotta say she is a trooper, slept in the shop many times when we were in between places to live. Even despite my friends calling it the "**** shack".

I'm insulating my ceiling with r-38 faced glass and I'm getting to the vent on my gas powered over head heater. the sticker on it says to keep combustibles 3" away. I plan on installing a t/g ceiling as well when money allows. How do you properly insulate the area around the exhaust vent. also...

I have been looking through the site for some time now so I guess I need to do an intro as its the way we do things on the jockey journal. I have a 25' x 53' shop space that I'm starting to do some work on. Its cinder block construction with pre engineered wood trusses. Ive started by...