...walls are concrete that my husband painted with a white moisture barrier product that seem best to leave alone to avoid mold problems developing, so how might w...
Hi there - very much appreciate your input on our project: INSULATION to cover ground include GEODESIC Dome 24' Interested in HEMP or combinatio...
...walls+concrete blocks+bricks, all part of the same wall assembly? As the bricks that sit atop the concrete walls are uneven (along the grout and brick face), wo...
...walls you will have unnecessary heat loss. Read more here about how to reduce thermal bridging. There are cases, like yours I would say, where insulating betwee...
We are looking to build a slab on grade addition and were wondering wether it was necessary to install in floor radiant heat. We received a quote from Legalett ...
...walls you need to observe the normal practices for wall assemblies or ‘control layers’, meaning air barriers, vapor barriers and thermal barriers (insulation). ...
...walls and roof of our latest demo house, the S1600 LEED Platinum Prefab kit house. As for how to mount exterior rigid insulation, there are ways that employ mor...
...walls right to the studs in an old cabin in cold/very cold climate. It will be heated once a week in winter. There is no vapor barrier right now in the walls. I...
Do you have an updated recommendation for attaching exterior mineral wool you built a few years ago? The way we attached mineral wool insulation on the LEED Pla...
Hello, The discussions on adding exterior wall insulation to a home have been very helpful. But in searching I have not found much related to adding exterior in...
I recently replaced the vapour barrier because of dry rot. Luckily no cracks in the foundation and floor joists are fine but I noticed that barrier is extremely...
...walls of a home to improve energy efficiency, you have to make sure walls can dry. Applying spray foam directly to the back siding of your cladding doesn’t soun...
...walls. From all of my reading it says that your basement foundation walls can only dry to the inside. If I put foamboard on the concrete and seal it everywhere,...
...walls. And you are right, they can be an excellent insulation system for wood-framed houses, and done with 2x4’s as well since you no longer need the depth of t...
Pls. Send me any info on green grants i might be eligible for ? we put on a steel roof and insolated basement but need new window and drywall unfinished basemen...
...walls made of plywood? What I’m getting at here is that it really isn’t, or doesn’t *have* to be a crawl space anymore. If the walls (or ‘sides’) are just plyw...
I have started construction on a 38'x20' passive solar greenhouse. 2x6 framed walls on south side with many windows. Struggling a bit on: 1) Best insulation typ...
...walls, there are many ways to build. The industry is moving towards prefabricated homes because they can often be a higher quality for the same price for a numb...
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