The thickness of the stud will depend on the application, if it's an interior or exterior wall. Exterior wall studs are thicker to allow for more insulation,” says Lord-Levitt.

Adding blown-in fiberglass insulation to attics and wall spaces offers an average R-2.5 thermal value per inch.

All of this, Baczek explains, converts a wall that would have had an R-18 insulation value to one with R-31 at the studs and R-42 across the stud bays — quite an improvement.

Beefing up the insulation in your walls is a different matter. In many older homes, walls are framed with 2×4 studs and either have just R-13 fiberglass batt insulation or no insulation at all.

I simply hung 6 mil plastic on the concrete behind the stud walls, did what wiring I needed to do, filled the stud cavities with batt insulation, added an interior vapor barrier (another sheet of ...

Efficient insulation is all about the numbers, so lets take a look at what the rSTUD has to offer. The 2×6 has an r-value of 21 which makes it 3 times the efficiency of a typical 2×6 fir board ...

I've been advised by the builder and an architect friend to remove the insulation there, glue in place 2-inch-thick foam panels to the cinder blocks, build a stud wall (with vertical elements 24 ...

Q: I need some creative garage shelving ideas. I've got a limited budget, bare stud walls and no insulation, and I've accumulated countless small boxes of nails and screws, spray-paint cans, boxes ...

For example, insulation and medicine cabinets will only fit into a 16 inch layout. This uniform distance also makes it easier to locate wall studs when hanging mirrors or cabinets.