Does new brownstone insulate?

I just saw this. Thank you, everyone.

cleancutmovers

in General Discussion 3 years ago

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cleancutmovers | 3 years and 6 months ago

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Our new facade was finished in July. My husband swears the house is warmer in this cooling weather than it used to be. I’m not so sure. The facade was not in the worst shape ever, but improvement in the surface is solid. Could that make some of our cold air leaks disappear, at least until
the real cold comes along? Thanks.

RobertGMarvin

in General Discussion 3 years and 6 months ago

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The “brownstone” coating has negligible R-value but sealing openings would help a lot.

Augustiner | 3 years and 6 months ago

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Most air leaks are in the layer between the brick and the base layer of the brownstone stucco (only around 2 inch of the façade are removed when resurfacing) . Air enters in funny places such as behind the top and sides of the wooden entrance door casing. it rises up chimney style to the top floor, meanwhile spilling into the building through cracks mainly in the corners and behind the first beam and the wall.

stevecym | 3 years and 6 months ago

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Take all of what Augustiner says and consider this: the house is a giant chimney. Air under more pressure at the bottom wants to work its way in to go out through leaks at the top. Ever feel the air that comes in as you enter a sky scraper? It’s called stack effect. If you close up the openings at the top and unused fire places, less will get pushed in at the bottom.

That said, op might also be asking about conduction of heat transfer through the mortar, not air. I am not sure the r factor of mortar. The house to one side of us was unoccupied and unheated one winter and I aimed a ir thermometer at it and compared it to the wall on the side of the occupied house and there was like a 20 degree difference. So mortar transfers cold pretty good.

stevecym | 3 years and 6 months ago

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And those voids augustiner mentions around the main doors, and those doors themselves: that is why I tell people not to bother with the main doors but insulate the inner, single door.