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I live in Wisconsin. Purchased this house almost 2 years ago. They remodeled this around the early 90s and built a suspended sunroom roughly 3ft off the ground. I put…

Climate zone 6: In a conditioned attic (only used for storage) which now has 4" of closed cell spray foam covered with intumescent paint (all under the roof deck), if…

Hello - We are planning to build two storied colonial house. New Construction. For lighting detail, I read recess can lights are bad choice to air sealing. What do you…

Good evening,      I have recently obtained an owner builder permit for an addition to a roughly 1000 square foot 1940 built house out in Reno NV (Climate zone 5).…

Hi all,Working on designs for my own home, and I'm at the point where I have to decide on the exterior wall construction to get an idea of wall thicknesses. My…

I was discussing flashing thickness requirements with a few friends over lunch (riveting, I know), and I’d like y’all’s opinion. Most other flashing requirements are called out by minimum thicknesses, typically…

As I turn my screened porch into a four-season room, I am confused on the need/risks of adding a vapor barrier to the floor.  When the porch was built, a…

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I'm mostly just curious if anyone has heard of or encountered this brand of rigid insulation before and what the true R-value is?https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0021955X7501100402While crawling around the attic to install insulation…

Can anyone weigh in on my thoughts here and let me know if I'm missing a better opportunity. I'm thinking of extending the room temperature sensor/thermistor (blue arrow in attached…