PIR (Polyisocyanurate) plasterboard is the insulated plasterboard commonly associated with the term. It boasts a rigid foam ...

Q: Is it a good or bad idea to insulate house walls if the exterior is brick and the interior is plaster? It’s been recommended that we insulate our walls. The house was built in the 1940s. The ...

Q: Our 1920s bungalow has a small front closet that is punched out from the wall of the house so that the box of the closet extends past the exterior walls. This leaves the three walls and floor in ...

Old buildings are beautiful -- and hard to insulate. Swiss engineers have developed a new Aerogel-based plaster that provides twice the insulation of currently used insulating renders. The product ...

When it comes to what's in insulation and what it's made of, the answer will depend on the type of insulation. Its make up, in turn, will impact where its best used. And so it's important to ...