Section 4 Finishing Chapter 17 Thermal and Sound Insulation . . . . . 484 17.1 Building Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 17.2 How Heat Is Transmitted . . . . . . . . . 486 17.3 Thermal Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487 17.4 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488 17.5 Amount of Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 17.6 Types of Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 17.7 Where to Insulate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497 17.8 Condensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 17.9 Vapor Barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 17.10 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502 17.11 Safety with Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . 504 17.12 Installing Batts and Blankets . . . . . 505 17.13 Installing Loose and Foamed Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510 17.14 Installing Rigid Insulation . . . . . . . . 511 17.15 Insulating Basement Walls . . . . . . . 511 17.16 Insulating Existing Structures . . . . . 512 17.17 Stopping Air Infiltration . . . . . . . . . . 512 17.18 Estimating Thermal Insulation Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 17.19 Blower Door Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . 514 17.20 Acoustics and Sound Control . . . . 515 17.21 Noise Reduction within a Space . . 520 17.22 How Acoustical Materials Work . . . 522 Chapter 18 Interior Wall and Ceiling Finish. . . . . 527 18.1 Drywall Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . 529 18.2 Single-Layer Construction . . . . . . . 531 18.3 Double-Layer Construction . . . . . . . 537 18.4 Special Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 18.5 Mold-Resistant Wallboard . . . . . . . . 540 18.6 Veneer Plaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540 18.7 Predecorated Wallboard . . . . . . . . . 540 18.8 Wallboard on Masonry Walls . . . . . 541 18.9 Installing Furring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 18.10 Hardboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542 18.11 Solid Lumber Paneling. . . . . . . . . . 543 18.12 Plaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546 18.13 Tiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552 18.14 Ceiling Tile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553 18.15 Suspended Ceilings . . . . . . . . . . . 556 18.16 Estimating Materials . . . . . . . . . . . 558 Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. xviii