Q. I am currently installing rigid foam insulation around the exterior of my foundation. I’m installing 3 inches of it to a depth of 10-13 inches below grade to keep the heat in and the cold out.

One construction method, shotcrete, uses concrete sprayed over a thick foam insulation core. It usually consists of cement and sand, but sometimessmall pea gravel is added.

The polymer-based stucco-like finish is applied to foam insulation that can be thicker than one coat backing. This is common in commercial construction. Doug says this system is quite expensive ...

Old-style stucco requires special care. ... Three coats of stucco are trowelled over the wire mesh ... An acrylic-polymer coat of stucco is applied onto a base of mesh and foam board insulation.

The U.S. Department of Energy declared the answer was continuous insulation over the exterior wall frame, so we began sheathing the frame in rigid foam which effectively slowed the thermal bridging.

Q. I live on the second floor of a 1914 stucco two-family. I had an energy audit, and they recommended blowing insulation into the walls. Because the house is stucco, they said it would have to be ...

The stucco wall consists of ½-inch flakeboard with 1-inch-thick foam board applied to the 2-by-4 wood frame, then ⅛-inch of concrete or gunite, followed by 1/16 of an inch of stucco later spray ...