Sealing the layers—and overlapping them right—is how high-performance building gets done

Holes in walls amount to big walls full of holes unless you seal the hole after you make it

Windows cannot rest on the foam, so they hang from wood bucks

 

Use expensive stretch tape for the tricky parts and regular non-stretch tape for the rest of the window flashing

Wide tape spans the many layers of a thick wall to make an air tight and water tight seal

Adding brick to the outside of a house complicates insulating outside a slab. So Insulate inside.

A deep energy retrofit in Concord, MA illustrates everything you need to know to bring a house to energy überville

Three videos covering the step by step process for flashing, installing, and airsealing an in-betweenie window in a Passive House Retrofit

Protect the eave from ice dams and sideways rain

The final step: center it in the opening, and seal the perimeter

With the sill pan flashed, Ben turns to flashing the jambs of a window opening in this passive house retrofit

Flashing an In-Betweenie window is a lot like flashing an Innie or an Outie, only it is somewhere in between

How to install a roof to wall counter flashing and custom-cut one-piece step flashing into a brick wall.

Use membranes, drain to an open edge, slope everything, and read the *darned* manual(s)

How to install pan flashing and jamb flashing on a window opening in a wall that will be thickened with 4 inches of foam—using regular, non-stretch peel-and-stick flashing tape.

What you need to know about wood siding, stucco, stone, and brick installations. From one of the top design/build/remodeling companies in the US.

The air sealing process for a high performance home with double-stud walls. 

Thermal shorts and good design don't mix