Basement Insulation Before & After Photos

This East Longmeadow, MA customer reached out to Fogarty's Home Services to have a part of her basement finished for additional living space in her home. Before we can finish walls in a basement, we must properly insulate them. Poured concrete basement walls are are perpetually cold - about 17°F cooler than we like the interior of our homes to be. The dense concrete has a lot of mass and heat from the basement constantly flows into and through the wall by conduction and they can never be heated up.  Fogarty's Home Services fixed this problem by installing our Foamax™ insulation board on the basement walls. The Foamax™ polyiso board has a foil facing to reflect heat so the insulation isn't doing all the work by itself. Now our happy homeowner will have a warmer, more comfortable basement, warmer floors above the basement, less condensation in the summertime, and lower energy bills. In addition, her walls are now prepped for basement finishing.

This homeowner in Granby, CT had called us out to his home because he wanted to stop dealing with his cold floors in the winter. To understand why this is happening we have to know that houses like many things are affected by pressure. In the attic there is a positive pressure and in the basement there is a negative pressure. When air comes into our home it comes in from a negative pressure zone. One of the main entry points is the rim joist. In the winter cold air rushes in through this zone and makes the floors above very cold.  To fix this, we have to insulate the rim joist. To do this we use a 2-part expanding spray foam. This allows us to get every inch of this space and air seal it properly. Once this is done the cold air cannot get into the basement to make the floors cold!

This homeowner in Greenfield, MA called us with concerns about his energy bills. He believed that the insufficient basement insulation was part of the reason why his energy bills were high. Our Home Comfort Specialist came out to confirm this. 

We began by removing the old, inefficient fiberglass insulation from the rim joist. The rim joist is the perimeter of the floor framing system along the exterior of the house. Once that area had the fiberglass removed and was prepped, we sprayed our two part expanding spray foam into the rim joist. This spray foam fills every crack and crevice. This is a much more energy efficient solution. Now, he will be able to have a temperature controlled, warm basement for years to come, without worry about the spray foam molding, falling apart, or being a home for pests. 

This homeowner in Greenfield, MA called us with concerns about the cost of his energy bills. When our Home Comfort Specialist arrived at the home, he noted that the homeowner had insufficient attic and basement insulation. He specifically focused on the insufficient fiberglass insulation in the rim joist. The “rim joist” is the perimeter of the floor framing system along the exterior of the house. 

Fogarty's Home Services was able to help this customer by removing the old insulation and replacing it with spray foam. We first removed all of the fiberglass, bagging it and taking it to our dumpster. We then re-insulated using two-part expanding spray foam. This spray foam expands and seals all cracks, air leaks, and crevices to ensure the most effective insulation value. 

Insulated poured concrete walls to keep the basement more comfortable and less condensation in the summertime.