Green Products and Materials
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Hanging open web floor trusses on ICF walls after concrete pour
New residential construction, ICF lower level with open web floor trusses supporting the main floor above - I'm stuck in the middle of a "not my problem" battle between the…
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Basement-to-Beautiful Insulation
Has anyone heard or have experience with a basement insulation system called "Basement-to-Beautiful?" I have a quote from a local contractor to furnish and install and trying to figure out…
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Triple glazed window manufacturers
Good afternoon folks! I'm posting because I'm wondering about triple glazed window manufacturers that are worth getting a quote from. I've only gotten a quote from Logic so far for…
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EIFS applied to Grace Ice & Water Shield (WRB)
If a Grace Ice and water shield WRB (with no water vapor permeability) has been applied to the face of the Plywood on a timber frame building, what EIFS detail…
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How does Eastern White Cedar weather?
Good evening! I'm in the process of designing my first home, and I had been planning on using eastern white cedar shingles. Being from Massachusetts, I liked the idea of…
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Spruce vs hemlock clapboards
Hello,Curious to hear what the long-time builders here think about spruce vs. hemlock clapboards. In my area primed spruce is nearly half the cost of primed hemlock. Assuming the clapboards…