Energy Efficiency and Durability
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Seasonal home floor – insulated
I have a project with an existing steel post and beam base structure. New wood floor framing assembly will go on top of that. This is a seasonal residence -…
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Insulation
I have a 1800 sq ft bungalow style house with cathedral ceiling that is 20 years old and has r36 insulation value when I built it. I am interested in…
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what to do with rim joist that has 1/2″ foam board exterior
I am on Long Island. I have a basement that we use. It is finished and heated/cooled (dehumidified).However the rim joists are behind a drop ceiling, and only have glass…
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Drying Potential in wall using Wood Fiber Insulation (Timber Batt)
I'm building a small house (965 sq.ft.) in Downeast Maine (zone 6A). It will be post and beam construction with a thin layer of continuous exterior foam insulation (1.5" polyiso)…
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Sealing existing drywall plaster
I have a house in Florida that I have replaced the sheathing, insulated and air sealed the zip sheathing with tape and liquid flash to the concrete block walls below.…
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split insulated roof
Hi ,we are planning a insulated roof over a conditioned attic. We are zone 4C .starting from the bottom R 19 bat insulation 1/2 inch plywood deck, tape the seems…
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Retrofitting a Double Studwall in Barn Conversion – moisture/vapor issues
Greetings.I am converting a roughly 40 year old barn to living space. The original build is conventional stick framing. Studwall, plywood sheathing, housewrapped and then covered with siding. On the…
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Insulating barrel sauna roof
My barrel sauna is made of Nordic Finnish pine instead of cedar and is not very air tight. Winter alpine temps in the -20s F , heavy winds, snow. And…
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In so fast
In so fast makes exterior panels with a built in rain screen and plastic studs that they say will handle most siding like hardi board without furring strips. Has anyone…
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Permeability of rigid insulation in my wall and roof systems
I'm planning a timber-framed cathedral-ceiling addition to my house in climate zone 4A. My planned wall system (inside to out) was originally:- Drywall with latex paint- 2x6 wall with blown-in…