Green Homes News

The presidential candidate is touting an “opportunity economy,” but what does this entail and how does it support affordable housing?

Looking for some thoughts on single pitch roof designs, similar to what is seen in this house shown in this AirBnB listing - https://bit.ly/4dbmTZM Location: Climate Zone 6 - White Mountains,…

We are building an unvented and conditioned attic. We do not want to use sprayfoam on the roofdeck for a variety of reasons, so we installed a vapor diffusion port…

Hello,I recently bought a Marvin Modern sliding glass patio door (95"WX84"H) on Facebook marketplace.  Everything I have read on this forum seems to promote the use of a "sloped sill…

I'm planning on putting ridgid foam over roof sheathing and I'm wonder if I could screw down 2x4 vertically on trusses over foam and then nail on my roof deck…

Is it better to approach insulation upgrades from the interior or the exterior?

My Google-fu is failing me and I can't find a North American equivalent of:https://www.caleffi.com/en-int/antifreeze-valve-108-caleffi-108601I could try and order from overseas but would still have to deal with G thread. There has…

hey, i am about to get going on the exterior of my house under construction finally.  We started and planned to do hardie or lp lap siding throughout but with…

Hi all, I'm working on a remodeling a wing of my 1860 Victorian, including a primary bathroom. During this process, I am insulating and air sealing to the best of my…

I am working on my crawl space in an old house. The subfloor is plank boards with hardwood directly over top. I am planning to encapsulate the crawl space, new…

Hi Im looking for advice on how to insulate the exterior of a wooden cabin with half-round logs.   The cabin was built from a German kit in the 1980's,…

30 or so years ago, the pedestal in the attached photo provided power to a manufactured home, long gone now, through three 3/0 wires and a smaller ground that came…

I am building a new home at 8500ft in Colorado.  The house has been framed and the roof is on.  The 2nd/interior stud wall has not been built yet (on…

Hello all, we are building a house in Southeast Michigan.  Framing is getting started in about a week, likely not done and ready for siding until late October if not…

I am getting ready to upsize my attic joists and I would love to be able to remove everything and get all of the demo done and have everything open…

Hello,Almost done with the roof framing on my 1000 square foot PGH 3-12 single slope pitch in coastal Maine.  I have an idea for this sarking membrane assembly that won't…

My subcontract0r is installing a vertical loop ground source heat pump for heating and hot water in a new home here in northern Wisconsin, zone 6B-7A.  The house will be…

What would be the most efficient way to erect this double stud wall by myself, with only an occasional pair of extra hands? I was thinking I'd build the inner…

I recently purchased a renovated 1906 Craftsman Bungalow in Seattle (4C), and it has an enormous unfinished attic that I’d like to convert to living space. The roof is a…

We are going to be installing our roof trusses soon. I just have a few questions about proper install. We are going to build a 1ft ladder overhang at the gable…