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I have had a 120V 80 gallon Rheem ProTerra Performance Platinum heat pump hot water heater sitting uninstalled in my garage for a while now but I finally finished the…

GBA connects with HVAC and building pros to dissect the virtues and drawbacks or A2W systems

Understanding What to Look ForChoosing an online communication platform should begin with understanding the Erotic Call App (แอปคอลเสียว) it actually provides. Fiwfan organizes profiles into categories and locations and includes a…

Suppose you have an insulated slab-on-grade foundation (example in attached image: Joe Latiburek, BSI-118, fig. 3), but you don't want to live on a concrete floor (I don't), can you…

Good afternoon,Hope everyone is doing well. I have 15 1inch r tech foam boards left over from a project. 1 side is foil faced. I have 2 car detached garage…

I am currently self building a house in zone 6 NW Montana and I’m in the stages of trying to figure out the best wall assembly that is within my…

Why my husband and I decided to build a high-performance home ourselves, and why your fifties might be exactly the right time to do it

Any thoughts/experience insulating basement walls with 2x4s with a 1 inch gap off the wall and then 2 inches of closed cell spray foam? I was interested in the Insofast…

I have been looking into French drain design, specifically the hydraulic capacity of different pipes and exact stone volume estimations. It seems like a lot of standard estimates calculate stone…

I have been researching gutter sizing for a project and noticed that most basic sizing charts are just lookup tables that suggest fitting a 5-inch gutter for any roof under…

Does anyone know what the typical exhaust air temperature of a 65 gallon Rheem hybrid water heater should be? Our seems to have developed an issue recently where it runs…

I'm putting a new roof on my garage and adding a vented ride cap during the process.  Is there any reason to block off my existing gable vents?  I have…

The house we moved into last year had a dual zone AC only system with ceiling mounted registers. For heat and domestic hot water there’s an old oil fired furnace…

Sorry for an obvious sounding question, but I've only worked with FG batts and can't find an authoritative answer for this when it comes to Rockwool ComfortBatts.I'm planning a new…

Hello all, Has anyone had experience with exterior above ground insulation on block foundation walls, specifically in regards to products like Genstone or Nextstone? They are in the range of r3.5-4…

We bought this house last year. We noticed a lot of granule loss from the roof and I've been doing research about that. It is mostly on the South side.…

Hello,I recently built a house from Nelson Homes with their "energy wall" but have discovered that the foam board they used is Halo Interra which is quality product but is…

I am insulating my vented gable roof in my workshop. What do I do with the rafter bays at the ends? They aren't vented at the ridge, but the corresponding…

Im building a house with a cmu crawl space foundation wall. Because of the slop of the land and soil the foundation for the garage changes in elevation by almost…

There is a disagreement between my builder and my inspector. I have spray foam open sale insulation on underside of roof decking. The engineer is saying this space should be…