Skilled Radon Mitigation & Basement Waterproofing Company in Orange, MA

This homeowner in Orange, MA reached out to us looking for basement insulation and finishing. The first step of taking care of a basement like this is to get the basement fully insulated. This ensures the home is protected from drafts, cold floors, and odd smells -- we ensure a comfortable space before we remodel it for the family. Poured concrete basement walls are buried in the cool earth and are perpetually cold - about 17˚F cooler than we like the interior of our homes to be. In the winter the part of the foundation that sticks up above the ground is much colder than that. Heat moves from more to less. The dense concrete has a lot of mass and heat from our basement constantly flows into and through the wall by conduction. In the summer, warm humid air from outside hits your cold basement walls and condensation forms, supporting mold. Results - cold basement, cold floors above the basement, higher fuel bills, more difficult to heat the house.

We had the perfect solution for this customer -- the Foamax insulation boards. Our Foamax polyisocyanurate (Polyiso) foam insulation board was installed on the homeowner's basement walls with our proprietary Foam-Tite fasteners. But not just any foam - Foamax polyiso foam has the flame retardant properties to satisfy building codes to leave it exposed in a basement - unlike expanded or extruded polystyrene foam (EPS, XPS). In addition, the Foamax polyiso board has a foil facing to reflect heat so the insulation isn’t doing all the work by itself. Results - warmer, more comfortable basement, warmer floors above basement, less condensation in the summertime, lower fuel bills, house is easier to heat.