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Across the West Coast, many homeowners are rethinking how and where they build, prioritizing stronger connections to the natural environment and lower-impact living.

Hi everyone,I’m designing an ADU in Climate Zone 6 (Portland, ME) and targeting Passive House level performance. I want to bring more daylight into the deeper interior spaces, but I’m…

We are building a new home in Minnesota. The builder put rigid foam on the exterior. We are wondering what would be the safest protocol for finishing the basement concrete…

I'm designing and building a passive house but without certifying it. In climate zone 4A with a 3' minimum tall crawl space. The following detail is my understanding of the…

I have a 7'x10' alcove in a downstairs room with an open patio above the alcove. The alcove ceiling (or patio floor) has 2x10 ceiling joists with 3/4" Advantech subfloor,…

Designing and building & obsessing our home in Zone 7A Edmonton Canada. Learned everything from you guys and hoping you can critique my plan.1700 sqft on main level and vaulted…

We're building in SE Wisconsin using 6 inches of Rockwool comfortboard for continuous exterior insulation on top of a self-adhered membrane (Adhero) for the exterior air barrier. We're using Intello…

Hello!I'm designing a small home with double studded walls and I was wondering how a Nanawall glass bifolding door jamb would attach to the wall, alongside the components of the…

I'm looking at the Nu-Wool site. Their Ecocell cellulose batts max out at 5.5" thick and R20.I'd like to get to R30. Are R30 batts readily available? Or is it…

Hello, Builder/owner considering the Panasonic spot Erv Fv-04VE1 for my 900 square foot new construction house in coastal Maine. Its a tight house, assuming under 1.0 ACH 50, and my…

Hi all,I'm about to start drywalling over my vapor barrier, and it occurred to me that a few "patch" pieces used in some cathedral ceiling corners do not have any…

Hello,I'm AndyI am located in southern Ontario, south of Ottawa. I've been trying to diagnose an ice dam issue on a home I built last year. There is a roof…

I'm Khushi, Content Writer at Distance Education School. I'm here to help you to choose the right UG & PG Course for you. I make it easy & simple. Distance…

All, typing a really long question to burn calories before the Thanksgiving feast. We are building a single story home in zone 6, 2000 sf, slab on grade, well insulated…

Encapsulated attics offer benefits like efficient heating/cooling, but humidity control is crucial

So have a framing question. I have a 57in wide wall and need to fit a 60” tub. Back wall of tub without water lines is the back wall of…

I'm doing my first standing seam roof on our forever home and have a bit of a head scratching flashing detail I can't figure out how best to deal with. …

I work in a condo complex where most dryers are vented indoors. The buildings were built in the 70s, and inspections were minimum effort affairs. What is your opinion on…

The house:  I am building a 5400 sq ft home at 8500 ft in Colorado between kinda between Canon City and Guffy CO.  The house is framed up and the…

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