Construction Blog- Page 2 of 6
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CarMic House: Taming a Basement from Hell
All it took was water management, insulation, air sealing, and code-approved window egress
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Airport House: Walls and Insulation
An exterior layer or rigid foam insulation will reduce thermal bridging
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Toronto Passive: Removable Basement Floors
All the insulation in the house is inside the structural building envelope — and that includes the mineral wool insulation in the basement
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Toronto Passive: Walls, Roof, and an Elevator
The house begins to take shape with double-stud exterior walls, solid plank sheathing, and the roof
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Closing In
Interior finishes are underway and finish site work to start soon
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Toronto Passive: Designing a High-Performance Home
The author takes a year off from work to design and build a new home, starting with some unusual foundation details
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Nearing the Home Stretch
Exterior finish work has started and insulation is coming soon
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Off-Grid in Canada: Architecture and Interior Design
Craig Anderson wraps up his blog series with some advice for owner-builders contemplating the construction of their own homes
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Relative Humidity and Makeup Air at a Tight Minnesota House
Humidity is high, and it’s going to be tricky to light the wood stove when the range hood fan is on
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Topping Out
Framing is wrapping up, not without some hitches