Perhaps it is odd to be obsessed with insulation while the temps crank up into the 90s here lately. Yet, we all know how great it will be to have tended to insulating our homes well. Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity raises the bar for us all! The following pics and videos show the laying down of 12 inches (yes, truly it is not a typo - 6 layers of 2" insulation) of rigid foam insulation between what will be the basement floor and the gravel bed beneath. It is a combination of tetris, legos, and those mindbending block puzzles to cut the foam just right and get the whole thing level. It looks so simple in the drawn plans... Not to mention how hot it is in a basement hole when the sun comes out and it is 90 degrees or higher.
Many thanks to all who came out Saturday to help! It was fun and we all learned a lot! Huge thanks to those who came to work on our homes in the heat wave of last week - dedicated volunteers undeterred by difficult conditions!
Kevin and Denny, fitting pieces together. Katie bringing over more layers!
In Bol's house, details are considered, measured, and computed.
Marking the wall where the poured basement floor will need to be leveled to.
Videos of Saturday July 10, 2010 workday in Charlotte.
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