Best Practices
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Keeping Ducts Where They Belong
With slab-on-grade construction growing in popularity, it's increasingly difficult to determine how to run ducts for heating and cooling
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Air Sealed and On Piers
A builder uses rented lifts to raise the floor system to a comfortable working height before lowering and fastening it to the foundation
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Step Flashing With Exterior Insulation
Flashing walls with continuous exterior insulation and rainscreens sometimes stump installers. Here are a few approaches that can work.
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Pretty Good House 2.0
Designers and builders should pay attention to embodied carbon
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Leak-Free Skylights
A peel-and-stick membrane under the flashing guarantees that the skylight won’t leak — ever
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A Good Time for Energy Audits and Weatherization
The best time to think about an energy audit is when few other people are thinking of one
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How to Insulate and Air-Seal an Attic Hatch
Use multiple layers of rigid foam insulation, high-quality weatherstripping, and several secure latches
