General Questions- Page 141 of 1410
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Bearing Load of Tiled Shower
My upstairs floor uses 2x12 joists and is 2 foot on center with 7/8 osb One thing that helps is there’s a wall on the first floor almost directly under…
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New House Wrap Over Poorly Installed Existing Wrap
Hey all, General Contractor house wrapped with Everbilt on the osb sheathing for a smaller 3 sided addtion. The catch is they don't do a fantastic job. While 9 ft…
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Material to Install Between Foam Board and Wood Cladding
I had another post explaining that I am putting up cedar fence boards for wall cladding and just butting them together in my 7x10 office. My walls are insulated with…
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Modifying House Plans for Purchase
We found a plan we really like in "America's Best House Plans". On the advice of the builder, we didn't pay the $1,000+ yet, pending approval of several variances. There…
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Historical and Philosophical Questions
Where can I find discussion of the development of homes as technology to gain perspective and context for the decisions we have to make in new construction today? I have…
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Adhering Tape to Liquid-Applied Flashing
Anyone have experience sticking 3m 8067 tape (or any kind of flashing tape) to Prosoco's FastFlash? I have flashed a window buck with FastFlash and am hoping to tape over…
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Cold in Canada (again)
I missed an opportunity to purchase *recycled* 3" eps, i may now have a chance to get 3" "recycled* Deckmate, will this be ok for my exterior insulation. Note: i have…
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How to insulate my crawl space?
Hi folks,I bought a house in Berkeley, California, built in 1921. Our first winter spent in it was pretty terrible--we were simultaneously constantly freezing cold and paying hundreds of dollars…
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Building Science 101
An interesting series on building science has just started to be released on Matt Risinger's Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fccl3znh2lE&t=16s So far three episodes have been released, with more to come.
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Upgrades for Thermal Comfort: Setting Priorities
I have a 1930's SFH in Seattle WA. (Zone 4c I believe?) Home is wood frame construction with brick veneer. Stud bays are empty with lath and plaster on the…