Temporary ways to cover exposed basement insulation
Tenants are restricted from doing major renovations to hide fiberglass on the walls. Without a safe, temporary cover, the space remains unliveable, drafty, and extremely cold during the winter even with a heater running.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1Stapling cheap canvas drop cloths over the insulationDid this help you?
- 2Running a ductless mini split to heat the spaceDid this help you?
- 3Considering spray foam for the wallsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“We just rented a new place and there's a lot of exposed fiberglass insulation in the basement walls. We're not allowed to do any big renos, so are there any safe ways to temporarily cover it up and make the space more liveable?”source ↗
Where this came up
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