Green Building Techniques- Page 10 of 325
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Hickory Wood Flooring on Cement Slab
Hi All,We are replacing our carpet by installing Hickory wood flooring. We have heard so many thoughts on underlayment, etc. Should be put a vapor barrier? We live in Michigan,…
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Layering 1/2″ EPS Foam Under Concrete Slab
Hi All I'm new here and working on a single story 500SF ADU in the side yard in Mississippi (Zone 3A). I have never done insulation under a concrete slab…
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New “fieldstone” Foundation
I have an idea I've been mulling over - the other day I drove past a large construction dump site, where they hoard huge piles of large concrete rubble. I'm…
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Retrofitting insulation in 1971 MCM style house
I have a home in Zone 5, built in 1971 and it is very under insulated. Walls are standard 2x4 however, it is vertical wood cedar plank siding right on…
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Building Envelope Details – Los Angeles & Orange County California 3B Climate
Good afternoon all,Can anyone direct me to good information on detailing envelopes and foundations for climate zone 3b? Thanks
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Top Method for Bringing Makeup Air Technologies
So we have a 500 CFM vent hood going into a “pretty good” home , old construction climate 6b.clean water is becoming more urgent ....
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Header block vapor barrier termination
Is there a good detail or is it not worth worrying about how the vapor barrier terminates at a header block?
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Flange connection between wall and ceiling air barrier without strapping on the ceiling
Hello, I am planning to use the commonly mentioned method which places a flange on top of my exterior walls to connect the exterior sheathing to the interior drywall at…
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Detailing holes through a double-stud wall
Hello everyone, I've been lurking for a while after I've bought and read PGH.I finally jumped in and decided to go for a PGH in Quebec/Canada, CZ 6.My GC and…
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Underground Roof Depth Clarification
Hello GBA,My house sits on a slope with one long side of the house within 6ft of a hillside that just piles on the water... perhaps not surprisingly the basement…