Green Homes News

Home Depot sells type LC 8x8x16 concrete block. There are no stretcher block on the pallet, they're all the same and they look like you could use them as a…

Looking for a realistic assessment to replace my existing gas furnace with a ducted heat pump system here in St Paul (zone 6A), and I'm sure having the right contractor…

Hello, I'm working on a retrofit project on my 1940's house in climate zone 6B (NW Montana). I'm removing Vinyl siding, adding new WRB, 1.5" rockwool comfortboard, vertical furring strips,…

Part two of this series explores how salvaged steel and heavy timber were engineered and assembled into a functional structural system.

We are building a 1½-story home in Houston (Climate Zone 2) and want a high-performance enclosure without spray foam. The current design uses a vented attic with Rockwool insulation at…

The joint effort with design firm HGA provides critical checklists for people to fortify their homes

Climate zone 5A, southeast Michigan. Late 1800s house with a very shallow crawlspace with rubble stone walls.Looking to insulate and encapsulate the crawlspace. I've attached some crude sketches of the…

Details of the wall separating the home with the attached garage.Hi AllThis is a new home construction.I am attaching pics of the framing of my garage, and the common wall…

Hello,Im  air sealing and insulating an attic. It has a common soffit to ridge vent ventilation. Ceiling Joist have craft face and or foil faced insulation attached to the bottom…

A look back at the ingenious methods carpenters used to erect full-height stud walls quickly and efficiently—often with little more than a few sawhorses and smart sequencing

I am considering a concrete-free slab for a small guest house (480 sf, one story) I'm planning in Zone 4A. I have a few questions about the method.1. For a…