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I came across this detail on Youtube. I'm developing infill townhomes with a low slope assembly in climate zone 5B. On past projects we've done flat roof deck using tapered…
Hey All,I've decided to have the excavation company clear out the garage's slab below grade to add XPS for radiant tubing. The XPS is only reaches about 6 inches in…
I am thinking of this setup for whole house ventilation for my new home and would appreciate any insight or critique.The house is in Minnesota. Energy efficient and air-tight construction.Current HVAC…
Hello, I am having 2 or 3" of rockwool comfortboard 80 installed on my walls over zip sheathing with a 1x4 batten rainscreen over it. My house will have a…
I'm converting a screened in porch to a sunroom on a 1962 home in Central Ohio (Climate Zone 5A). After installing windows and framing the walls, I've pulled the old…
I have a gambrel roof where the exterior wall of the conditioned space has no sheathing behind it. how should I insulate that wall? and what should I secure to…
Ideas on wiring overhead lighting without cutting openings for junction boxes? Pancake boxes surface mounted on the tongue and groove ceiling are not big enough to meet code.
I am doing planning for insulation and air sealing details. I’ve been reviewing IRC requirements and looking over permeance information trying to understand what my best course of action would…
I would like to know how much psychics can help in everyday life. Have any of you had experience communicating with psychics and felt that their abilities really helped in…
I am following up on a thread started here a couple years ago by someone else:https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/question/unvented-attic-insulation-optionsI am building a home with an unvented mono-pitch roof in climate zone 6 in…
My hardware store only stocks kraft faced batts. Everything I read says because of challenges with insulation the kraft face will never be affective. So why sell it with the kraft…
I have a Detached Garage 24x48 that Im looking to make a nice man cave we can hang out in year round. It has soffit vents and 2 roof vents. I…
I have a vaulted ceiling with tongue and groove decking overlaid with osb for shear. There is lapped vb armour under layment layer over that osb. R30 polystyrene panels (…
How do you get a tight house if you have a back up gas burner for water heating? There is the necessity for make up air supply plus the exhaust…
Let’s learn to live well with “frugal abundance.” We can start by adopting the dictum “enough is plenty.”
I'm finishing my basement in Boston and I have installed 1.5" XPS (yes should have used EPS but it's already been done!) rigid foam from the bottom to the top…
Hello all, we are getting towards wrapping up our house plans and getting some structural details finalized. Our house has a vaulted room with a 12/12 pitch inside and out. …
I have an air sealing and thermal insulation dilemma. I live in Dublin Ohio and my home was built in 1984.My home is 2X4 platform framed with brick and stucco…
A friend of mine is choosing between the AOUG12LZAS1/ASUG12LZAS or the MUZ-GL12NA***/MSZ-GL12NA*** in climate zone 4C for an ADU.He wants to go with the Fujitsu (better capacity at 17° and…
I have attached a drawing of the proposed roof remodel. At present there is sheetrock to the underside of the purlins, the MBI blanket over the top of the purlins,…
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