Through the World Barefooted -- Gerda's LBS Guide

[Gerda]

I am putting together my Home D (as opposed to DnJ) order. This is going to be an expensive weekend (esp as I now have to rent a car every time I go to my cabin!) but soon I will be saving big dollars on heating costs.

I put an ad out for a carpenter helper type so I will not be doing this totally alone if one follows through. But it occurred to me to be a little scared of being a lady alone working with some unknown stranger. I do have neighbors but not really in earshot!

I am getting those dricore subfloor panels for the basement floor; they are so awesome! But here is a question -- if I use those, do I need to put framing under the wall foam panels? Seems like that is redundant even with the heaving issue. I watched this one video that seemed very good and the guy seemed at least as trustworthy and wise as the green-caped hero DnJ Fixalot, and he just jammed those foam suckers straight against the wall but cut 'em tight and taped the seams and sealed the outer edges with spray foam, which is already an old friend of mine from my mouse adventures.

Did you ever think when you first charted your perilous journey through the storms of MLC that you'd find yourself here, forced to give nightly detailed instructions on how to insulate a basement of a mountain cabin to an unknown lady many miles away, and miles to go before we sleep, and miles to go before we sleep?

Here is a song for today by way of thanks: Taro by AltJ.

Insulating a basement is some good GAL. I also finished a massive writing project I have been (rarely able to be) working on for about seven years. Gerda climbing out of the ditch.