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Posted by RicodJour on August 20, 2006, 7:56 pm
Section 31 wrote:
> I live in Ottawa Ontario, I just moved into a new house and was looking
> at finishing the basement in the future.
>
> I noticed that all around the basement the current isulation stops
> about 1 foot from the floor. It has vapour barrier installed.
>
> 1-Why does the insulation not continue to the ground in the first
> place?
You didn't provide enough information to make anything other than a
guess. What type of insulation, etc. But that really doesn't matter.
If you try to figure out why some people did something strange you'll
drive yourself crazy. I could come up with a whole bunch of
half-reasonable excuses, but who really knows what the guy was
thinking?
> 2-If I finish the basement, do I have to insulate the rest or leave the
> insulation the way it is, that is 1 foot shy from the floor?
Depends. Once you get down a certain depth, below the frost line -
which is probably four or five feet in your neck of the woods, the
earth temperature isn't that cold. You should decide whether a cooler
basement in summer is worth more to you than having to spend a few more
dollars to heat. If you're heating plant is in the basement (safe bet)
then there is usually enough residual heat to keep a partially
insulated basement at a reasonable temperature.
R
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