Should I put insulation on the exterior of a brick house?

Insulating the exterior of homes, if it is possible, is really the best way to do home energy efficiency upgrades.Here is our page about exterior insulation, have a read first to get some ideas as some of your questions may be answered in there already –

And a couple of questions come to mind - why do the windows need to be set back? Could you not install a metal flashing on the sides and bottom? Windows set in the middle of walls assemblies are actually more energy efficient, read more here.

How to Insulate Exterior Walls from the Outside

你在多大程度上侵犯了挫折?多伦多许多社区的房屋都非常紧密地挤在一起，我知道那里有一些带有外部绝缘材料的住宅，最终在法律上遭到了挫折。你的案子也是这样吗?我问这个问题的原因是——如果你需要增加外部壁板的材料和劳动力成本，而且你是合法的，我个人会先增加隔热层，如果你可以，最好再厚一点，如果你还在你的挫折范围内。

When you say the interior insulation will be ‘sufficient’, I can only assume you mean to meet code? Given that you are probably looking at no more than 4 inches of spray foam between interior studs (more likely 3.5 inches), you will still have a thermal bridge thought the studs. And code requirements are more to ensure a bottom rung of performance rather than to indicate a sensible amount of insulation. This article explores that pretty well –

Are better insulated homes worth the money?

Also, for the interior, we have concerns aboutthe health impacts of spray foam in homes, not to mention the ecological impacts.

I'm not trying to throw a monkey wrench into your plans, just hoping to give you some things to consider. Have a look through some of those links and we can help you explore options and come up with the best plan for you.

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