Finishing Basement. Leave or replace existing insulation?
Hi,
I am starting to get the ball rolling on finishing my basement. The house is 7 years old and currently has R12 insulation on the basement walls, which was installed by the builder. There are 3 registers in the basement that I closed/covered years ago. I've been digitally monitoring the temperature in the basement over the winter and it averages 21 degrees. My question is whether to leave the existing insulation and frame over it or rip it out and replace it with foam board and batt or just spray foam it? My understanding is that alot of the heat loss in the basement comes from the concrete floor, so I'd also have dri-core installed as the sub-floor, which should help with the temperature.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
I am starting to get the ball rolling on finishing my basement. The house is 7 years old and currently has R12 insulation on the basement walls, which was installed by the builder. There are 3 registers in the basement that I closed/covered years ago. I've been digitally monitoring the temperature in the basement over the winter and it averages 21 degrees. My question is whether to leave the existing insulation and frame over it or rip it out and replace it with foam board and batt or just spray foam it? My understanding is that alot of the heat loss in the basement comes from the concrete floor, so I'd also have dri-core installed as the sub-floor, which should help with the temperature.
Thanks in advance for any advice.