...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 –
LEED Platinum Wall Design Building Science Video
This is not the only way or even the best way to build a wa...
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. Apparently drywall/painting costs with materials/labour would likely not be much more than $3-5/sq ft.
Thanks! Drywall is not the only way to finish wal...
Posted by Adrian BaerlocherNov. 12, 2021, 3:58 p.m.Walls and Roofs4 Responses
...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. I wonder how to prevent the air from entering between the top plate of the wall and the OSB r4? The roof trusses are already laid on the top of the wall, ...
...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...
...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...
...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 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...
...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 construction vapour treatment was different from using poly in the roof...having convincingly demonstrated why the wall vapour barrier system and wall cons...
...walls as it handles moisture better that fiberglass, but also don’t put a vapor barrier on right behind the drywall. If there is moisture in the wall it is way ...
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...
