I think that is the only way to go. You could make a sort of frame and panel
design and either hinge it at the top or one end. If you make it on the end it
might take a roller to help it open completely. Or you could make a sort of
barn door look and split it in the middle.
The foam itself won't weigh that much but the wood might depending on how fancy
you want to make it.
It's a chance to show off all your new tools and that can pave the way for more
new tools!
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Rossi
To: Blind Handyman List
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 9:40 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Rigid insulation and termites.
I was interested in the comments about rigid foam insulation and termites.
Since I am refinishing the basement, I will be placing rigid foam
insulation under the floor and on the wall. We definitely have a termite
issue in our area. The interior basement stairs are seriously damaged
from a termite infestation about 15 or more years ago. Two years ago we
found termite activity again in the basement and had the place treated.
So, I need to be careful.
What I found out about foam insulation and termites is mainly that the
insulation isn't a food for the termites, but they can tunnel through it,
and it can hide their activity making it more difficult to identify the
infestation early.
According to a couple of web sites, building codes, in areas where
termites are known to be active, require termite barriers if foam
insulation is used on the exterior of the foundation walls.
Now here is a question for the crazier of the handymen. Since I am only
finishing the middle third of my basement, and since, being a town house,
one of the side walls is actually an interior wall, I really only have
about 15 feet of exterior wall that I will be insulating. Would I be
insane to make that wall semi movable? Meaning, maybe hinge the panels so
that I can do annual inspections behind the wall to check the block for
signs of water, termites, mold, dot dot dot.
Would there be any way to do this and still make it look reasonably nice
on the interior?
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Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Tel: (412) 268-9081
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