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What’s a good damper for a bath fan/range hood vent?
My bath fan vent is basically a big hole in the house to the exterior and sucks air out of the house in the high New Mexico winds, which today…
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Help with green addition and hydronic heat demo
I am in the process of designing a pretty substantial addition onto my home in central Missouri. I understand that our relatively low electricity costs will not be around in…
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ICF & window areas WITHOUT wood bucks
I observed an ICF build that did NOT use wood window bucks for the window areas. They used some temporary wood shoring but once the shoring was removed the window…
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Does radiant heat recycle water
With regular radiant heating systems that use warm/hot water to run through tubes in the floor to heat the home, what happens to this water - does it get recycled…
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Can rigid foam insulation have an air space between it and rim joist?
I am insulating my rim joists with 2" rigid foam board. Most of the rim joist is bare, and the foam fits along it nicely. Some sill boxes have some…
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High R-value CMU?
They are claiming R 19.5 on an 8 inch CMU. I guess they are adding up inches of EPS and not deducting for the LARGE thermal bridging effects: http://www.emcoblock.com/products/block/omni-block-high-r-block.php I'm…
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Super insulating and soundproofing
I'm curious as to whether anyone has integrated soundproofing techniques into superinsulated walls. As mentioned in other posts, I'm considering adding thickness to my existing walls in the form of…
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Rigid polyiso in side attics?
As a spray foam alternative, I'm considering using continuous rigid foam along the 32ft long x 7ft slope in my side attic and just spray foaming in the lower joist…
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Plumbing vents exiting ridge cap
Can't seem to find anything in the code, easily missed though. I have a customer who wants a metal roof installed however they have had bad experiences with pipe flashings…
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Is this ridiculous?
We live in a 1600 sqft 2 level end unit rowhouse with structural historic masonry walls from the 1890s. Housing is really expensive where we live, figure between $400-500 per…