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"Air barrier"

Air barrier / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

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Radiant barriers on ceilings and walls can reduce heating and cooling costs
Insulation and soundproofing

Does a home need a radiant barrier in walls and ceilings? When is it worth it?

...air bubbles as insulation), and some rigid insulation boards such as polyisocyanurate have them attached on one side to act as a radiant barrier, a vapor barrier, and when taped and not punctured, an air barrier as well. The intention of a foil radiant barrier is primarily to reduce cooling costs by mitigating solar he...

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Blower Door Tests - What's the Cost & Who Does Them?
Air and vapour barriers

What is a blower door test? What's the cost? How do you find a company to do one?

...air leakage but, more importantly, it’s a way to find air leaks and fix them. Fixing air leaks is ‘low hanging fruit’ in terms of improving the energy efficiency of homes under construction since you already have to buy and install air barriers in the form of 6 mil poly vapor barriers, exterior weather resistant barrie...

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Passive House wall system ; Larsen Trusses & dense-packed cellulose insulation
Wall assemblies - new construction

Larsen truss wall systems with double-stud construction & extra insulation for new homes & energy efficient home renovation

...barrier and air barrier 11 7/8" TGIs (I-joists) as a double-stud wall attached to the exterior of the sheathing (R42) 1.5" ECO4 Wood fiber-board rigid exterior insulation (R4) Weather barrier (WRB) Strapping  Exterior cladding * Both homes are built on a raft-slab ‘slab on grade ICF Forming kit’ with 12 inches of EPS ...

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Wildfire Smoke & How to Keep it Outside Homes
Healthy indoor air quality

How to keep wildfire smoke out of homes with mechanical ventilation systems?

...air. Window air conditioners should not be used during wildfires, unless their outdoor air intake can be closed. A portable air cleaner is recommended to complement air sealing and filtering measures during a wildfire. The air cleaner should have a High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter, which blocks 99.97% of p...

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Air and vapour barriers

Aerobarrier home and attic air-sealing spray

...air sealing homes in the Ecohome Green Building Guide and these pages here:  Air barriers and air sealing a home during construction or renovation All about Passive House construction Learn the difference between air barriers and vapor barriers, its important! DIY video- how to install a peel and stick air barr...

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The Best 10 Energy Saving Tips for Green Homes - EcoHome
Wall assemblies - renovation

Green home improvements: an energy-saving pyramid scheme that actually works!

...air out of your home and the hot air in can save a fortune in electricity costs for running aircon. The best bit? This tip is for free!  Caulking: Air leaks account for an enormous amount of heat loss in a home, and can lead to condensation and mold in walls in cold climates. In a really leaky house, a tube of caulking...

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Interior sheathing as air & vapor barriers in wood frame construction
Air and vapour barriers

Interior sheathing as an air and vapor barrier

...air and vapor permeance. By moving the sheathing to the inside, you are simply letting it live up to its full potential as an air barrier and vapor barrier, and eliminating the need to install a separate product to do that job. One of the benefits of OSB as an air barrier is that it is solid. A polyethylene or foil air...

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Air barriers are essential to a properly functioning wall system
Air and vapour barriers

What is an air barrier?

...air leakage than is carried by vapor diffusion. That makes air barriers 100 times more important than vapour barriers, so why is no one talking about them? We don't talk about air barriers because we are too busy talking about vapor barriers. An air barrier is not something you walk into a building supply store and buy...

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Tyvek home wrap left exposed to wind and UV rays
Air and vapour barriers

Choosing the right house wrap / weather barrier, which is best?

...barriers are often intended to act as an air barrier as well, but the most common installation techniques (staples, nails and hastily installed tape) mean it is a rare case when they actually do a good job at air sealing. Manufacturers will rightly claim their products are a suitable choice for an air barrier, and they...

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Problem areas of air leakage in a home and blower door test being cond
Air and vapour barriers

Airtight construction of homes is essential: "your house sucks." "Oh yeah? your house blows!"

Air tightness in houses - all about balancing air pressure in the home We go on incessantly here about the importance of air barriers in home construction to reduce air leakage, but no matter how hard you worked to make a house airtight, if the pressure isn't balanced you will be sucking air in or forcing it out and, d...

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DIY air exchanger installation video
HRV and ERV

DIY Lunos HRV air exchanger installation video

...air is directed to a centralized core for a heat exchange before being exhausted from the house. Lunos is a decentralized system with a series of self-contained units, each with their own ceramic heat exchange core. They work in pairs blowing in opposite directions to maintain air pressure, and reversing directions eve...

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