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Ina vented craw space is it necessary to have vents on at least three sides?

Is necessary in vented crawl space to have venting on at least 3 sides?

I am doing radiant staple up heat below i-joists in a conditioned eventually will be finished walkout basement that does have pex in the concrete slab. The contractor has stapled…

This may have been covered previously but couldn’t find exactly the answer to my question. I’m going to reside a 2 car detached garage. Estimated 1930s build, which I’m almost…

EnergyStar’s impact on building and the international Energy Conservation Code.

Looking for a Detail of how to build an Occupied Deck over an Insulated, Heated Space. The occupied deck will be above an interior space.  Customer wants a Open deck…

I live in a 1960 home in Massachusetts. There’s a full basement and in the 1980s a small addition was put on the home which also has a full basement.…

Hi all, what are your thoughts on a standard radiant-heated slab (4 to 6″ thick with radiant tubing inside of it with xps rigid foam and vapor barrier underneath) with…

A properly sized and installed air conditioner does so much more than just cool your home

In climate zone 2 (hot and humid) does it matter if my WRB is vapor permeable?I’m planing a 2x6 wall with either open cell spray foam or just pink fluffy…

All right, so that title was a bit mysterious. But I've never sheathed a wall before and cannot pose the question well enough to Google search the answer.I've got 12'…

 https://imgur.com/a/d873qBcAbove is a picture of my current attic with my furnace as well as a basic diagram of my plan for visualization.House details:Two-story house, approximately 2,500 sq ft, built in…

I am trying to insulate an attic room in a one hundred year old house.The roof rafters are 2x 4s that are actually 2 x 4,5 inches of rough cut…

Hi, I am currently starting a build that included a portion of a building with a composite concrete deck over a basement conditioned space. As of our current design, we would…

Belgian company Unilin expands distribution of versatile Master Oak product, made from recovered wood and renewable energy

I came across this research project (https://ruralstudio.org/category/current/breathing-wall-mass-timber-research/) and paper (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2020.606258/full) detailing the use of mass timber in walls as heat-exchangers, in the stead of traditional insulation and HVAC techniques. It…

I have a Bradford White RG2PV75H6N19 Power vent gas water heater installed in a basement (climate zone 5A). It looks like the combustion air is coming from a duct that…

Can someone explain what this table means "Heating Capacity for Standard Condition" for a Daikin VRV?  The contractor is using it to say that for example the first line: at…

We have a couple of chases where ducts will be running through, and we are confused about air barriers in those locations. One is a dryer duct running through our…

Our builders are using a reverse brick ledge for recessed trusses (as pictured). They are planning to use a sill seal on the two horizontal surfaces, but I’m wondering if…