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Publication Review

Title: Basement Insulation
Author: U. S. Department of Energy, 2002
File: Free Pamphlet, PDF 189 KB, 4 pages
Audience: Written for architects, builders and homeowners with minimal to some understanding of insulation issues.

Review
Brief description of the issues and strategies surrounding basement insulation.

Issues covered include:

• introduction to the problems and issues
• key factors to an effective basement
• water managed foundation system
• basement insulation placement
• R-value recommendations for various parts of country
• radon control
  

Detail drawings include:

• moisture flow diagram
• water managed basement wall and foundation diagram
• interior basement wall insulation diagram

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