Beginners and Homeowners- Page 2 of 3
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The BS* + Beer Show: How to Build a Pretty Good House
An introduction and case studies of the ever-evolving effort to build more healthy, efficient, comfortable, durable, climate-friendly, and climate-appropriate homes without a cumbersome or rigid standard. Phew!
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The BS* + Beer Show: Choosing and Using Water-Resistive Barriers
Many of today's WRBs can do more than keep water out of your walls, so there's much more to consider than cost and installation details
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The BS* + Beer Show: The Benefits of Bio-Based Building Materials
How to design, build, and remodel, with carbon negative materials
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The BS* + Beer Show: Making Concrete More Sustainable
Is it possible to take the carbon sting out of concrete as we know it, or is it up to green builders to find substitutes?
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The BS* + Beer Show: Unvented Roofs and Fluffy Insulation
Is it ever safe to insulate an unvented roof with only fiberglass, cellulose, or other fibrous insulation?
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Building a Spiral Stair
A site-built spiral staircase saves valuable floor area, but poses some construction challenges
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Concrete-Free Slabs
The benefits and detailing of slab assemblies that eliminate concrete
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The BS* + Beer Show: Making High-Performance Affordable
Hosts Michael Maines, Emily Mottram, and Travis Brungardt are joined by a panel of great minds from around the building industry to discuss the question: how do we break through the (real and perceived) costs of building (and remodeling) better homes?
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Introducing the BS* + Beer Show
GBA is partnering with hosts Michael Maines, Emily Mottram, and Travis Brungardt to produce weekly panel discussions on *building science and other high-performance building topics. The first episode on indoor air quality in live here.
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Air-to-Water Heat Pump Retrofit
A mechanical engineer shares lessons learned after replacing his propane boiler with an air-to-water heat pump to heat his home
