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Hello all, we are building a home in zone six, slab on grade. Builder wants to use a superior walls, precast, for the frost wall.  Not knowing how we would…

I have some doubts about the effectiveness of vapor variable membranes such as intello and similar products. My concern is in winter with a warm humid interior such as a…

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…