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Owens Corning's Basement Finishing System Explained
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" OK so now it's starting to all come together let's go inside get together with frank how Mary who's come all the way from Owens Corning headquarters in Toledo Ohio. That tell us all about it. Oh my what progress indeed. And frank is accompanied by Suzie Mitchell who's also from OC hi guys about doesn't this look amazing it -- chlorine it accelerated to see good to see if what's the most important element of the whole system. Well the unique part of the system really is structurally on -- were all sorts of structural lineal. And that's this thing here that's the thing here made out of PVC and -- goes to get up against the wall has a product. -- snaps in just like that it's that simple so that's really what makes it possible to kind of create any kind of enclosure space. Without having to use fasteners nails or screws or anything like that absolutely because of the system is what we can -- just about any basement other. And then the other key component is the fact that we're using fiberglass here right absolutely. What are some of the properties that of fiberglass that make for better finish. About the whole entire system is made of fiberglass. And PVC. There were no organic materials and here so organic materials with mold these often are we to remove the organic material. And this and the source for mold and the panels made of fiberglass in this the -- polyolefin fabric basically plastic. So does nothing for that for any kind of growth it is absolutely not what got it yet to get behind the wall we have some sort of damage or something well the cool thing is of these. -- battens. Cove moldings and base moldings basically just pop right out. And it removable panel access the foundation. Had done. Found out right back and Susie one of the big advantages of fiberglass is that there's energy savings. Right absolutely. The fiberglass. -- walls. Offer at. In an eighty year old house where there wasn't in any insulation in the first place."
" It makes a huge difference in fact we have studies that show Independent studies that show that. If you insulate the basement you can save up to 25% in whole home heating costs dominant -- currently our system. Is the only basement remodeling option that qualifies homeowners for up to 500 dollars energy credit under the energy policy act."
" OK that's that's great news. Let's talk a minute about the ceiling as we've got lots of different options here right. -- missiles space and comes into options -- nice reveal ceiling you can see there's a -- alleged. Give it a really nice homey feeling about that it is a suspended ceiling so we can't access you know anything that's above the ceiling we'll -- utility or write or or or via the wood studs and of course the whole package put together has an ability to kind of muffle sound. It does and it absorbs up to 95%. Of sound yeah. And this is a home where the daddy is a professional muse musician no -- hand and I -- so it it'll come in very handy. Now let's talk a little bit about the trim disease said there's the battens are the pieces in between and -- there's colder. Corner moldings and there's a nice molding at the top where it meets the ceiling what about when you're trimming out an existing window like behind you right here. What we have here is plain birch plywood Clinton for -- Owens Corning also created a PVC -- extent -- does a nice deep well. Yeah used plain birch plywood because of that we and we match it right up to window. And we marry the trim right to the frame that it really does accentuate the beauty of the window and again you during the whole thing by snapping it together. No need for any tools in this whole assembly other than a saw that -- that's cool let's see how it works out around the old staircase great. All right the the stairs is one of those I mean is one of those funky things in any remodel where this is -- 1920s staircase and it caused a lot of trouble. And actually we're in an area here where we can still talk about some of the the stuff that goes on above that that tells about the lighting package and and the electrical part of this thing."
" About the first thing that we do is we hire a licensed electrician to come and install lighting units to local building ordinances okay. We've -- set the grid and you can see -- put a smoke detector and a carbon monoxide detector in there because -- the experts in basements we who has resisted and we need to make this a safe environment."
" OK so all of these things essentially vary from locality to locality depending on what the code is like absolutely the locality and actually the scope and size of the job in the now getting back to the staircase -- of the doors are included too right -- yet right."
