New house, want to do it right!

SimpleManLance · 09-10-15, 09:19 PM

The wife and I just bought a new house. A 1972 1700sq ft ranch with full basement with 2 car garage on 9 acres with a 24x30 barn. A older couple owned the house since 1979 and wanted to get out of the country and the upkeep of the 9 acres. lucky us! Plan is to get a home energy audit to see where the house needs work.

Anyway, some of the things i know i need to work on and need everyone's input is insulating the basement, and bath fans in the 2 bathrooms.

My wife does hair/ and makeup out of the house so i need to get a salon built in the basement ASAP. The plan is to seal the walls and the floor with epoxy coatings to make sure everything is sealed up with no way of leaks. Install 2"s of rigid foam to the block walls and tape the seams. Build 2x4 walls with unfaced batt insulation. I will be putting 2" foam board in the band joist and possibly foaming them. i don't plan on insulating the floor. does all this sound like a good plan?

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09-10-15, 09:19 PM	#1
SimpleManLance Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: South-East MI Posts: 58 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	New house, want to do it right! The wife and I just bought a new house. A 1972 1700sq ft ranch with full basement with 2 car garage on 9 acres with a 24x30 barn. A older couple owned the house since 1979 and wanted to get out of the country and the upkeep of the 9 acres. lucky us! Plan is to get a home energy audit to see where the house needs work. Anyway, some of the things i know i need to work on and need everyone's input is insulating the basement, and bath fans in the 2 bathrooms. My wife does hair/ and makeup out of the house so i need to get a salon built in the basement ASAP. The plan is to seal the walls and the floor with epoxy coatings to make sure everything is sealed up with no way of leaks. Install 2"s of rigid foam to the block walls and tape the seams. Build 2x4 walls with unfaced batt insulation. I will be putting 2" foam board in the band joist and possibly foaming them. i don't plan on insulating the floor. does all this sound like a good plan? UPDATED PICTURES [URL=http://s2.photobucket.com/user/LanceA0/media/Lannen%20House/Screen%20Shot%202015-06-13%20at%202.13.59%20PM.png.html] __________________ Jack of all trades, master of none. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by SimpleManLance; 09-13-15 at 07:23 PM..

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