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Brands of HRV?
Anyone have any experience with either Lifebreath or Imperial HRVs? My architect specified Zehnder, but my HVAC guy has installed Lifebreath and Imperial, but not Zehnder.
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Improving the airtightness of an average entry door
It's been cold this week, and I'm fighting drafts around my doors. Most doors have the same air sealing method, involving a foam kerf seal. It's an inexpensive and robust…
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Windows yes, but what about doors?
I was wondering if doors in the US are also rated like windows (at least in europe) for air leakage, etc? Any tips on reasonably priced (maybe to much to…
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Attaching Foil-Faced Polyiso to the Inside of a Finished Wall
Question: what is the best way to attach rigid foam (foil faced polyiso) board to the inside of a finished wall? Can I just use longer drywall screws to go…
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Minisplits in the humid southeast?
I'm currently working on design for a house in the southeast, on the border between climate zones 3 and 4 (officially 4). Tight site, 700sf footprint, 3 floors over a…
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Question from the field… performance after cutting spray foam
Hey all, I'm a contractor interested in building performance. It's common practice that after installing windows and doors, you spray foam to seal the rough opening. This then gets cut…
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Are tar paper and Tyvek a vapor trap?
Can you please set me straight because I am getting different points of view on this. My home is 40 years old, has the old type of sheathing, a layer…
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Is 1″ enough?
We are constructing a home in far western SD (Climate Zone 6b)....There is a lot of bedrock here so we have opted to build a post frame (pole barn) style…
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EPS exterior insulation thickness
Looking to purchase a 1975 home with 2x4 cavity filled walls. This house will be stripped back to the studs on the interior and the exterior windows and doors replaced…