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Originally Posted by ScubaLatt
Question for the contractors: On a newer brick home, is it standard to put the fiberglass roll insulation in the exterior walls? someone told me that that is not standard practice 
Reason for my asking is that when I open up my cabinets they seem to be warm perhaps from the heat of the bricks in the sun all day??? |
I don't use batts anywhere except I sound proof all interior walls with it and under catwalks in the attic where it's hard to reach when they blow the attic, most houses we use blown fiberglass, blown cellouse, or blown rockwool. Fiberglass batts are fine IF installed properly but they come in standard widths so when stub cavities exceed that width or need to be trimmed when smaller they get installed wrong. Most contractors don't tape the seams on the home wrap( tyvek) I do it always. I seal around all doors and windows with a rubber flashing tape, foam the cracks . I try to build it as tight as possible , it cost very little more and doesn't take much mire time