Scripps Howard News Service Dear Dwight: My house was built in 1926 and has cinder-block walls in the basement. I would like to finish the walls with two-by-fours, insulate with a vapor barrier and… ...

QUESTION: I have a 1975 home with a garage that’s not insulated on at least three of the walls. As a result, the garage gets really hot in July and cannot be used very much. But the garage does ...

Harter said the walls of a frame house typically are rated at R 11, while the walls of concrete block homes — which usually have three-quarters of an inch of insulation between the block and the ...

Q: My garage is at the bottom of a hill and is tucked into the soil on three sides. I get some water leakage through the concrete block walls in the spring and during heavy rains.