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How to Install Rigid Foam Sheathing
What you need to know to install polyisocyanurate, XPS, or EPS on the outside of your walls
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Installing Mineral Wool Insulation Over Exterior Wall Sheathing
Researchers confirm that Roxul panels and furring strips can be installed on walls as a substitute for exterior rigid foam
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A Deep Energy Retrofit Using Nailbase Insulation Panels
Ted Clifton has been building and remodeling homes for more than 45 years. But he continues to recognize good innovations as they come along. That’s why he decided to use…
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How to Insulate a Wall from the Outside
The right combination of cavity insulation and rigid foam will ease worries about condensation
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How to Insulate a Slab Foundation—With Straw-Bales?
Can straw bales be used as horizontal insulation under a concrete slab?
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Foamglas – My New Favorite Insulation Material
An old insulation material, Foamglas, is back and offers some significant environmental and performance benefits over the insulation materials most commonly used below-grade.
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Deep Energy Retrofit: Focus on the Envelope
You can't expect to cut a home's energy use by 50% without a serious renovation of its exterior envelope. For all its components—walls, roof, foundation, slab—the details need to be worked out.
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What Is a Deep Energy Retrofit?
Beyond weatherization, a deep energy retrofit is a remodel that aims to cut energy use by at least 50%. How deep can you go? The sky (and your budget) is the limit.
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Rigid Foam Insulation
Versatile and Effective, Rigid Foam Can Be Used in Walls, Roofs, and Foundations UPDATED 8/9/2012
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BuildingEnergy: The Best Little Conference in the Northeast
Deep energy retrofits are the answer to many problems facing our nation: energy, housing, economy, jobs, and pollution. People at this conference know how to do it.