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Rim band joist in the basement are a poor place to insulate?
Insulating around embedded joist can lead to rotting, good air sealing with caulking is a better alternative
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What is a rim joist?
It is a sill (sills: the horizontal timbers of a building) which rests on the foundation, meeting the ends of the joists--(a plain old "joist" is one of the set of parallel timbers beneath the floor...
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What is a band joist?
it is the board that is put on the top of the basement wall and then the side wall is built above that.adding foam to this joist helps to reduce air infiltration up to 25 percent.
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Is a rim joist necessary?
The rim joist (rim band) is multifunctional It carries/transfers the roof/floor/wall loads down to the foundation below. It also holds the floor joists/trusses in a vertical orientation enabling...
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Is The Band a band?
Yes, they did the song, The Weight. The documentary "The Last Waltz" is about their last show together.