1 normally you have to repoint the walls every 25 or so years.
Spray foam insulation stone foundation.
Then you can put walls up with metal studs to finish your basement.
The blanket is loose flexible enough to fit over the irregular stone surface.
Both of these questions address the difficult question about insulating older stone foundations with spray on foam insulation even though the locations and climate differ.
Another foam bathtub note the twist in the approach.
Spray insulation is the best option if your stone foundation is uneven and has moisture problems.
This insulation treatment will be less expensive than spray foam.
For this reason insulation is necessary for stone foundations.
They will be answered together.
Few quick questions though.
Everything i am reading is saying to never insulate a stone foundation from the inside.
However it should only be applied by a professional.
The bottom edge of the blanket is fastened along the base of the wall.
The cleverness of this detail is that a granular drainage layer under the foam insulation and yet to be cast slab has been replaced with a inch drainage mat that extends up the walls about a foot.
Hey folks i ve read in numerous places including this site that you can spray closed cell spray foam insulation over field stone basement walls to insulate them.
The inch mat does what 4 inches of stones used to do.