I have a screened in deck that we will be enclosing into a new family room. I see this very often-- Attached garage with no insulation in attic above garage. ... Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. There is very little area to insulate in the walls, so any insulation in the floor will be almost ineffective. As another note, I also reinsulated my entire attic with a higher level insulation than was suggested. The numbered areas shown in the illustration are as follows: 1. They installed that over the sheathing I guess in 1977 and I'd like to add insulation here for the bedrooms on the 2nd floor, with radiant barrier foil over that. We plan on moving the patio door to the north side(back yard), and closing that section in to put in a fireplace which should help as well. However, if you're creating lots of moisture under the porch roof, and that roof is continuous with the house roof, then you should have continuous soffit and ridge ventilation to evacuate any moisture that gets into the attic (but no intake vents in the porch area). Insulation is rated by its R-value. So its a 12x12 porch. You'll need some kind of insulation dam or partition wall above the top plate to ensure this happens. New home, should we insulate interior walls for sound? I resided 17 years ago over one layer of continuous rigid insulation. The area without is garage. A full front Porch vs No Porch (ceiling, master bedroom, insulation) User Name: Remember Me: Password ... Second elevation has no porch as such but has a small covered arch with pillars on the doorway. We are in the process of building a 4-season porch from the original open porch that came with our 1917 home in NE Ohio. Know it sounds like a lot of black but it works! You mention the use of a "vapor barrier" (is that polyehtylene?) The downspouts can be oriented to fit between joists spaced 12 or 16 inches on center. There are 4 small windows. The title is a bit off. A. Problems with porch roofs can cause intrusion of water into the interior of the house. Not enough. We're trying to eliminate air infiltration. I see this very often-- Attached garage with no insulation in attic above garage. Make sure that the air barrier above the exterior wall facing the porch connects with the ceiling air barrier (usually, the drywall), without any air leaks into the attic. LOTS of work to be done, but want to make sure we are doing it correctly the first go around. ;) The room is in the NW corner of the house... so it gets a lot of the wind/cold from through the winter months. I have to come clean here as well. Jul 30, 2012 - I discovered there is no insulation behind the old black hardboard. 2020-06-16T13:59:26+01:00 Rolls of foam insulation are cheap, says Brennand, and three rolls of 8in deep foam should be enough to give most lofts an important layer of protection. Decking boards are then installed over the top. If there is a dry lining system on the walls the same cold air moves freely behind the plasterboard and takes the heat away. The porch is on the second floor, over the back hall and the pantry area of the kitchen. The porch measures 900mm by about 2400mm with a pitched roof. What is the best way to insulate a porch floor? I can not find any code on this subject. A vapor retarder is a material used to prevent water vapor from diffusing into the wall, ceiling or floor during the cold winter. These are great for an inexpensive, no renovations warmth boost for your porch! If it is above grade, winter drafts will make the room too cold to use, no matter how well the walls and ceiling are insulated. I always recommended adding insulation in situations like this. It is closed on 3 sides and open on the front side. Here is an online room heat loss calculator, which will tell you how many BTUs the room would need. Q. I have to come clean here as well. Can you post a photo of the foundation/framing/underside of this? Hi, I am trying to fix a leak in my attic and noticed that over the front porch, which is only just a 4ft x 8ft concrete slab covered by the roof. Note that there was no air seal at this location originally. And are the windows/doors in there double-pane? Porch Roof Ventilation Options. I agree with the others of ‘Yes’. But DIY loft insulation is a possibility. Dumb. The ceiling of the porch has 8" rafters. I can not find any code on this subject. Possibly worth adding insulation to the roof of the porch also. Porch roofs can also develop ice dam problems like the rest of the house's roof. I used denim again and so glad I did. Ultimately, “Insulation is no guarantee against condensation.” Using a Preinstalled Membrane Chris’s company produces DripStop, a preinstalled membrane, which catches condensation droplets as they form and holds them in the membrane until the conditions change, and the moisture can evaporate back into the natural humidity of the air. So now it's all got to come down and get replaced by OSB with insulation. Rest of furniture with bright pillows from Ikea as well as a jute rug with a border color that we didn't like so we used a wide black Sharpie on it! This feature has been temporarily disabled during the beta site preview. The doors and windows were the biggest ticket items....along with lumber. So my return on investment is being seen every single month. http://www.dimplex.com/en/customer_support/heat_loss_calculator. 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