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Although we know how to build healthy, comfortable, durable homes, mostly we don’t … but not because it’s too expensive

Insulating a metal building with metal studs on a metal trailer bed and a metal exterior. Figuring out insulation is driving me insane. thermal bridging, air gaps, vapor barriers. I…

Hello, I'm trying to work through a plan for my garage and sealing it up. The previous owner built somewhat of a frankensteins monster with a garage that then had…

The first post of a new series from Passive House Accelerator's founder, Michael Ingui

First time posting on something like this so please bear with me. In central Kentucky, climate zone 4A: 2 story 1984 Cape Cod style home with perforated foil faced foam…

We have designed a house for climate zone 7 in Wyoming. To prevent any thermal bridging we are going to wrap the exterior walls and roofs with two layers of…

I bought and moved (yes, moved) a house earlier this year my property and the builder/owner spray-foamed the bottom side of the sub flooring to keep it warm during the…

Trigger warning, intentional diminishing returns.Hello everyone, After years of taking in content from GBA, BS and beer show, FHA podcast, Joe listberek, the Unbuild it crew, I've finally got a house…

One simple step that can improve your indoor air quality