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After 15 years of designing stick built residential, I am preparing working drawings for my own home. Of course, with all my stick built experience and for maintenance reasons, I want a masonry home. I am trying to keep wood to a minimum. In the split block exterior walls, I am planning to use (from outside to inside): split block, furring strips -(air space), rigid insulation with moisture barrier towards the concrete block, drywall.
The insulation specs are giving me conflicting info. Some say glue the insulation directly to the block, then use furring strips between the insulation and the drywall; Others recommend what I described above, which sounds more logical to me.
Does anyone have experience with the good and bad of these methods?
Also, do the insulation attaching fasteners HAVE to pass through the furring strips and penetrate the concrete?
I am planning on setting aluminum windows directly into the concrete block window openings. (No wood) But do I also need some kind of wood surrounds fastened directly to the concrete block around each window for attachment of window treatments? – Mounting drapery rods, etc??? Or is the drywall and the rigid insulation strong enough to hold window treatments?
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After 15 years of designing stick built residential, I am preparing working drawings for my own home. Of course, with all my stick built experience and for maintenance reasons, I want a masonry home. I am trying to keep wood to a minimum. In the split block exterior walls, I am planning to use (from outside to inside): split block, furring strips -(air space), rigid insulation with moisture barrier towards the concrete block, drywall.
The insulation specs are giving me conflicting info. Some say glue the insulation directly to the block, then use furring strips between the insulation and the drywall; Others recommend what I described above, which sounds more logical to me.
Does anyone have experience with the good and bad of these methods?
Also, do the insulation attaching fasteners HAVE to pass through the furring strips and penetrate the concrete?
I am planning on setting aluminum windows directly into the concrete block window openings. (No wood) But do I also need some kind of wood surrounds fastened directly to the concrete block around each window for attachment of window treatments? - Mounting drapery rods, etc??? Or is the drywall and the rigid insulation strong enough to hold window treatments?