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Default insulating basement condo

On May 8, 9:15*am, ransley wrote:
On May 8, 9:05*am, willshak wrote:





on 5/8/2008 9:37 AM sid said the following: Finishing the basement of a condo. *I intend to insulate the outside
walls, but do I need to insulate the inside walls ? (the walls between
units), they are not cinder-block, they are poured.


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Sid.


The outside of the basement is already insulated, with dirt.
I insulated my poured basement walls with studs, insulation and sheetrock.
The average year round temps down here, without any heat supply, is
between 62-75º F.
I do have the oil boiler and propane water heater down here, which
supplies a little heat in the winter, and the house AC helps cool it in
the summer, since cool air flows downward.


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Bill
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Dirt is not insulation, my freeze depth is 3.5ft, dirt transfers cold.- Hide quoted text -

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I insulated the outside wall with 1" foam board. My thought is that my
neighbors side of the common wall is heated to at least 60-65F. Do I
really need a lot of insulation on common walls, even if they are
poured ?