...wall to the building is letting in cold air. I need to insulate the building. When renovating exterior walls you need to observe the normal practices for wall a...
...wall before framing and then installing fiberglass insulation. When he began drywalling he noticed moisture behind the fiberglass on the secrion of the wall tha...
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 design for a demo house we built in 2015 –
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Posted by Jeremy HullJan. 20, 2021, 10:21 a.m.Concept and design1 Responses
...wall. It has lasted all summer and now into the fall. I don't know how to solve this issue. Its only happening in a 10-12 ft section. Our house is on a hill dow...
...wall would be a practical application? I'm open to using any type of insulation in the wall cavity. The foil based rigid foam panels may be EPS, but they also m...
...wall. Due to the wall being so close to grade, I worry about water pooling inside the sill of the wall. What is the proper way to design a slab on grade to prev...
Posted by Brendon FraserJuly 17, 2020, 1:24 p.m.Slab on Grade2 Responses
...wall. We want to insulate this wall (currently, there's literally no insulation in it). I spoke to a spray foam contactor, but they were quite expensive. I"m wo...
...walls you show an exterior wall with 10" plate & sill and two rows of 2x4 studs. This looks fantastic, but the idea of vapour-permeable membranes on both sides ...
...walls is the supporting wall, but you should see that by the location of the existing header. Sometimes a double wall system will have a 2x6 supporting wall wit...
Posted by SashaJune 25, 2018, 10:25 p.m.Windows and doors3 Responses
...wall assembly, the thermal bridging is drastically reduced. There are other attachment systems, such as the fiberglass Cascadia Clips that also reduce the therm...
...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 with low-dust drywall compound and zero VOC paint , and if you want a pre-finished formaldehyde-free wall panel you could try Columbia here . What was the ...
...walls. How far along are you with finshing the walls? If there is no drywall on it yet you would be best to remove all the poly barrier so the walls can dry out...
...wall (to be relocated in a new stud wall later) to make room for the new insulation process.
From the block wall inwards I am considering the following sequen...
...wall to do. We don’t have phone support but you can learn about how a wall works in this video –
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