Install / Discussions

there is no access to the floor from the basement. the floor joist is running on the actual diry it is freezing in the winter. 

...install them, that is what you need to allow to dry to the interior since they can’t dry to the exterior. Putting wood studs against a basement wall and then putting plastic over them is why almost all basements smell moldy.  As for the actual install, I would forget fasteners and just use an adhesive, read labels care...

...installing 1" of styrofoam insulation before the siding.  I certainly don't want to do something incorrectly that will cause the walls to rot from the inside out.  I am wondering about the following: - should we blow insulation into the wall cavity? - should we install an air barrier on the wall before we side it? - sh...

...install windows in our Edelweiss House videos. If you did then you know we tried two approaches, backer rod and caulking as well as taping the window to the rough opening, on the interior side, no tape was installed on the exterior. If there is no hole where air can escape on one side of the wall then it won’t enter on...

I have an old camp 16'x24'...looks like hell on the outside but all the wood is good on the inside....just bare stud walls ...real 2x4's....it sits about 2 feet off the ground....can crawl under one side...no existing plumbing...how do I put in a slab...without moving the camp ?? I've been thinking of cutting the floor...