Walls- Page 10 of 12
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Building With Brick in a Humid Climate
A reader asks whether it makes any sense to build his forever house with thick, uninsulated brick walls
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A Holistic Approach to Housing
Hillside Center for Sustainable Living positions itself as a model for sustainable community development
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The BS* + Beer Show: Deep-Energy Retrofit of an Old Timber-Frame House
Mason Lord, founder of Hudson Valley Preservation, shares a close-up look at what it takes to save a historic home using building science-based methods and products
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The BS* + Beer Show: Inside the Wingnut Testing Facility (WTF)
A look at how Peter Yost and Dave Gauthier have tested flashing- and air-sealing tapes and why you should be doing your own Wingnut Testing
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Rammed Earth: Creating a 500-Year House
A design/build team demonstrates the durability of an ancient material
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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: Is It Time to Consider Panelized Walls?
Building walls indoors has advantages from quality control to consistent scheduling to waste management, and it's gaining favor with high-performance designers and builders
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Five Walls that Work
Whether you follow your local building code or shoot for high performance, use this guide to make sure your walls won't fail
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A Case for Double-Stud Walls
Straightforward construction, common materials, and low embodied carbon are some of the benefits of this well-insulated assembly
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A Pretty Good House in the Sierra Nevada
Designed and built with best practices and some experimentation, this home is tight, well-insulated, and zero-energy ready