Energy Efficiency and Durability
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Roof Trusses & Insulation
Hi GBA Community,New build in Zone 5. I'm wrapping up the Roof Truss design and I'm having attic space built in. The designer is including a energy raised heel into…
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Exterior wall – bay containing mineral wool has some visible moisture on VR
Hello,noticed something odd today. Might not be odd, but I thought it was. I have a few bays of my exterior wall (above grade) that have mineral wool insulation in…
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Historic 1880 brick home- insulation alternatives
Good day, I am trying to make my historical ( old school house) brick home warmer for the Winter, anything new with regard to this?I live in WNY region, and…
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Closed cell foam
I am in zone 1 in Louisiana. Is the safest option for a conditioned attic closed cell foam and say rock wool against the foam? I would prefer the flash…
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Double-Stud Walls in a Hot Climate
Okay so, I am building in the Philippines and have purchased a half built house. The challenges in that aside I have questions centered around keeping the place cooler. I…
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Vapor Retarder and Insulation Between Unfinished Basement and First Floor
Hi, My mom just moved into a new house in New England. It's mostly well insulated, except for one glaring flaw: the floor to the house site above a basement…
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Ground floor cantilever protection
Zone 5 (Ohio)House has a section of the first-floor kitchen cantileverd about 2' +/- with only about 12" clearance to grade. It's also on the north side of the house,…
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Heat Loss Calculations and Minsplit Sizing
I am about to build a new house and have been playing around with heat loss calculations to gain some perspective on the size of mini-split I need before I…
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Precast Residential in Florida
Im a new guy here and have been following some of the posts here from poeple like Sal Lombardo. The Florida coastal environment obviously has storms, humidity, salt-corrosion, intense direct…
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Shed roof insulation
Hey - I think I'm on the right track here but just need some confirmation before I go down the wrong path. So the previous owner added an addition on…
