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HELP – Anyone experienced with old roof design how to insulate
I have an older roof (1930) where there's 2x6 rafters, the 1x2 strapping going horizontally across them. On top of this there's boards and then asphalt. We are looking to…
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Air Sealing Electrical Boxes While Allowing Future Wire Movement
I see a lot of Q&A threads about air sealing electrical boxes, so apologies for starting yet another one, but I haven't found any that address this particular question.I've done…
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Combination of Zip tape and Fast Flash for Wall to Brick Basement Transition
In order to seal the seam between my Zip board sheathing and the brick basement, I was planning on using Procoso Fast Flash (in my area it is significantly cheaper…
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Vertical corner flashing & house wrap remains unclear on standard practice?
Hey all,I see details for metal flashing integration with house wraps for horizontal areas (like windows). So...what about vertical areas?What about metal corner flashing at an inside corner? Is metal…
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Fresh air with heat pump or minisplit
Good morning. I've been reading on this site (and others) about getting fresh air into the house. I'm in Climate Zone 4 in a 1970's ranch house (rectangle, basically; 1,600…
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Typical, actual live / dead loads per room?
Just out of curiosity, I would like to understand what the typical, actual live and dead loads are for residential rooms and construction. My house was engineered using 40/10 PSF…
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Insulating An Inaccessible Unvened Attic Space
Most of my home has a 2' roof overhang, except my kitchen is cantilevered over the foundation eliminating the roof overhang. This length of roof is unvented and my kitchen…
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Climate Controlled Shipping Container
Hello All. We are building a new 1616 sq ft home in Revelstoke BC - Climate Zone 6. Our new Revy home will take another year to be ready. We…
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Water table trim-house wrap terminates at it or goes under it?
Hey all,I've learned that one possible way to transition from my foundation to my sheathing (which is generally flush with each other) is a trim piece called the water table.I'm…
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Addition ERV and Heat Pump choices
We're putting an addition on our 1920s house in CZ5 (but close to CZ4). The addition will be two stories, each about 550 sq ft. Upstairs will be primary suite…