My friend just recently bought a house here in Maryland and it is about 30 years old. We got some snow about a week ago and I noticed some tell-tale signs of heat escaping through the attic and melting the snow on the roof. The second floor bedrooms have partially sloped ceilings to match the grade of the roof and the insulation up there, what there is of it, just wraps around the living space itself with exception of the vertical walls. It doesn't run all the way up to the pinnacle. We are just starting on the process of replacing the old and edcaying insulation and adding insulation that runs all the way up. My question is about ventilation between the insulation and the roof. Since the space isn't going to be used and has vents at either end, is it necessary to put the inserts between the insulation and the roof itself? Any help on this would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Chris

I am in the process of fixing up a old basement. I have put in new drainage on the outside of the foundation. All the gutters are tied into it as well as putting clean outs at the start and run the drainage out to the street. While I had the foundation dug out I put a tar coating on the outside masonry OK, been throught the seasons and no water that Ive seen. My problem is that I want to put a masonary or waterproofing paint on the inside of the walls just to be sure,but about 1/2 the walls already have paint and a tar coating on them. Do I have to remove all the paint to do this or is there another way? Going to have a new concrete floor poured on top of existing torn up floor, do I seal the walls before or after? Need some advice at this point.