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Fat walls mean skinny energy bills
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Jan 17 2022
Many mistakes are caused by thinking about the wrong things
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Jan 13 2022
Every layer you add has two sides that can become air pathways to the inside of a building
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Jan 3 2022
The main difference is in the hand-held digital manometer unit
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Dec 6 2021
Energy recovery ventilators (ERV) replace kitchen and bath exhaust air with clean and tempered supply air
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Nov 21 2021
Closed skirtboards that slip into a pocket
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Nov 15 2021
"It's not a matter of if, it's WHEN"
—Ben Nicholls, Division chief, CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit
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Nov 7 2021
A polyash shiplap siding that is environmentally polite and durable as heck
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Nov 1 2021
An example of why cheap construction is not so cheap
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Oct 18 2021
Window trimout is probably the trickiest part of installing exterior trim work over two inches of styrofoam
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Oct 18 2021
No stair buttons, no problem. Old school stair layout with an old-fashioned pitch block and a newfangled calculator
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Oct 13 2021
A machine, a saw, and some patience beats brute force and a sledgehammer every time
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Oct 11 2021
Installing skirtboard, corners, window trim and utility blocks over two inches of foam insulation and rainscreen mesh
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Oct 4 2021
Home design and retrofitting techniques for wildland wildfire defense
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Sep 27 2021
How to install two layers of foam and Tyvek's Drainvent rainscreen over an old, lightly-insulated wall.
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Sep 13 2021
Integrating a new WRB with existing windows keeps the water- and air-control layers continuous
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Sep 6 2021
Coating the corner bead around a cased opening in three passes
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Aug 30 2021
Seal the WRB to the wall sheathing and window flashing, and add an apron detail at the bottom
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