Insulating Sliding Glass Doors Inexpensively?One wall of my bedroom has sliding glass doors and it gets really cold at nite. I cannot afford to replace them. What can I use to sort of insulate the doors so as not to freeze at nite?
Insulating the Walls in the Corner of a Room?I need help insulating the corner of a room:
Can I Use Cardboard or Newspaper for Wall Insulation?I am wondering if we can use cardboard or scrunched up newspaper in my walls for insulation? It's free and there is plenty of it around.
Repairing a Drafty Mobile Home?We bought a 1990 Patriot double wide two months ago. It's very drafty and out of curiosity we looked under the siding. To our surprise it was cardboard!
Insulating PEX Plumbing Under Tub?I have some bendable pipes (my husband said they are plastic ceramic pipes,?) that go behind my toilet and under our bathtub (one is red and the other is blue). In the winter time, they freeze when the temperatures get down below 0 degrees outside for a few days.
Using Fabric to Insulate Walls?Can you use quilts or material to line and insulate exterior walls? Thanks.
Insulating a Mobile Home?Any ideas to insulate my mobile home? The floors and walls are cold and I am restricted on money.
Using Carpet Padding as Insulation?We are pulling up the carpet and padding in our house and replacing it with wood flooring. We have been wanting to put additional insulation in our attic and came up with the idea to spread the carpet padding in the attic over the existing insulation. Before we do this, I thought I'd ask if this might be a bad idea for some reason.
Outer Walls of Trailer Getting Wet?We have lived in a trailer for 2 years and every winter we have been here the outside walls in the closet area and now to the front of the mobile is wet and showing small signs of mold. It only does it as it gets cold.
Insulating Exterior House Foundation?Is there a cheap/temporary way to insulate an exterior stone foundation? It's a 110 year old house, it has cold floors and drafts! We will be insulating the house in the future but for right now we need to keep out the cold. Our house temp is currently 17'C and dropping, the room temp is 21'C.
Insulating Walls?I would like to further insulate my walls from noise and cold. I live in my own condo so I can't really put anything into the walls. I keep thinking (for the last 4 years) I could cover the walls with fabric or carpet or something.
Inexpensive Ways To Insulate House With Brick Walls?Any suggestions for easy and inexpensive ways to insulate (inside walls) of a brick house (with no air spaces in walls)? Your help greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Installing Insulation in My Attic?When I was inspecting our attic I noticed that the insulation up there is not in good shape. They used some type of loose insulation that they spread out. There big holes in its coverage and in some places it is very thin.
Wrapping Your Hot Water Heater?I have heard that if you wrap your hot water heater and pipes leading from it with a blanket it will help save you money. Has anyone tried this? What do you use to wrap the tank and/or pipes?? Thanks.
