General Questions- Page 149 of 1410
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Skylight in Vaulted Ceiling
In my 4 year endeavor to build the most cost/space/energy efficient home, we came up with this design for a side by side. Still not content and want to move…
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Window Drip Edge – Andersen 400
For Andersen 400 double hung, New Construction windows what is the proper way to have the drip edge. Picture attached.Is a drip edge only above the 1" thick trim ok…
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Should I use a vapor retarder with mineral wool batts and gps rigid foam exterior insulation?
I'm slowly progressing my personal build in the mountains of North Carolina, climate zone 5a. Framing is 2x6, sheathed with 7/16 zip. R21 rockwool batts in the walls and 1.5"…
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Humidity Control in Cold, Humid Climate
We have a 1000 SF vacation home in coastal Maine that is experiencing humidity problems. We have no mechanical ventilation in the house. In the summer, it needs no AC…
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Insulating a Steel-Framed (and -Sided) Structure
I have been reading up on the opinions of foam as an exterior sheathing on homes. I am building a steel building which I would like to climate control, and…
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Sound isolation / minimization
Hello - We are trying to minimize sound across one shared wall in the room.Has anyone done sound proofing of walls around a room to minimize chatter going across the…
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How to air-seal the floor of a finished room above an attached garage?
The framers are well on their way to being finished within a week and as they put the subfloor down on our bonus room above the garage it occurred to…
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Thermally protecting attic space in a detached garage
Hey everyone, I have a question for the hive-mind regarding my garage that I am currently finishing. I am in Edmonton, AB Canada so I believe that’s climate zone 7a.The…
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ICF Crawlspace Insulation
Hi All,I'm building a small (900 sf) house in zone 5, eastern Oregon. The plans call for an ICF foundation forming a crawlspace approx 24" high, with 6 mil vapor…
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mini split sizing for basement office (how good are todays’ “inverters”)
I'm in NJ, finishing a roughly 350 square foot basement room. Added 2" of continuous foam board, air sealed as good as I could. Attempted a load calculation with coolcalc.com…