Wall assembly / Discussions

I plan to build in the spring of 2021 and the intention is to super insulate my solar passive house. Your video on ''build the perfect wall - top tips'' is ver...

...wall assemblies, but if fire prevention is your concern, I would be looking at things like Metal or stone siding, anything non-combustible. As for insulation, I...

...wall assembly of a 40 foot shipping container home?

...wall assembly . But why leave a short answer when you can get all wordy about something? Alternatives to drywall like tongue and groove wood or interior plywo...

...wall fully above ground (walkout side) one wall fully below ground (opposite side) And 2 walls that grade slopes down from top of the wall (100%underground ) to...

...assembly cavity of my walls and unvented flat roof ceiling. It's impossible to air seal all the joints and sistered joists with caulk or sealant because where t...

...wall? I've read enough of the basement articles to know that on a new wall I should put a vapor barrier right against the foundation, then the wall assembly. Id...

...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), ...

...wall on a rim joist wood-sill assembly (not imbedded in concrete). I have removed existing drywall, 2x2 studs, 6mm poly, r12 fiberglass insulation, and tar pape...

...wall assembly. The best method of wood frame construction would always include continuous insulation on the exterior of walls, without that you may see indica...

...wall it won’t be as solid and able to hold weight the same as the load bearing portion of the wall. Other questions – how big is the awning you are thinking o...

The house will be subject to strong winds and rain, and a high level of humidity (often 100%). We have now installed a air heating floor (Legallet), the roof i...

...wall assembly and method of insulating you choose, a timber frame house can sometimes be a bit of overkill in structure, particularly if you frame walls within ...

...wall assembly. Probably the easiest and most affordable method would be ThermalWall rigid foam insulation panels ThermalWall is an EPS rigid foam panel with a...

...wall assembly, the thermal bridging is drastically reduced. There are other attachment systems, such as the fiberglass Cascadia Clips that also reduce the therm...

...Walls will be insulated with sprayfoam vs rockwool (hard to get contractor out of convenient and familiar choice) and on exterior will be covered in WRB by Adhe...

...wall design for a demo house we built in 2015 – LEED Platinum Wall Design Building Science Video This is not the only way or even the best way to build a wa...

...wall. How can we avoid getting mould? If your neighbour had their walls rot that could be for a number of reasons - it could be design related, quality of workm...