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Four options to meet the energy code compliance requirements and an argument why not to use one of them

Hi,Any advice on this little project would be greatly appreciated. My friend just bought a new (aluminum) horse trailer. It has a good size tack room that she would like me…

The drawing for my building shows the windows placed conventionally, i.e. "outtie", resting directly above the outer stud wall. However, the outer stud wall is non-structural, sits on top of…

I'm getting ready to start the electrical on my new workshop. I have plans of adding solar panels to the roof, and want to make sure my electrical system is…

Let's take the next step in understanding filtration efficiency today and talk about clean air delivery rate. You know that the really small particles, especially those that are 2.5 microns…

I am designing a Hempcrete house that has a vertical cedar rainscreen. I am looking for a source of castellated cavity battens in North America. Any ideas?

We rightly worry a lot about wet walls and do our calcs for winter months in cold climates. Curious about dew point landing inside the wall in summer months when…

Hello all, so I am planning to do a new build in the next two years and have been going back and forth between ICF and traditional poured concrete. It…

Climate zone 4, large building with concrete radiant floor heating on the first floor used for industrial purposes.  Second story is meeting rooms and offices that will be zone climate…

We are planning on Mitsubishi Hyper Heat heat pumps (Zone 6b/7), but it appears that Mitsubishi doesn't play well with smart thermostats like Ecobee Premium.Mitsubishi's smart thermostat offerings (Mitsubishi Kumo…

I am considering having a custom metal flashing made that will cover the entire bottom assembly of my external wall.   The assembly to be covered is, 1 1/2 polyiso, furred…

I have a knee wall in the attic that separates ceilings of different height. The vertical space spanning the gap between the varying ceiling height was covered with thermaply, but…

How to achieve both affordable foundation designs and family safety

I have varying ceiling heights on the second floor of a two story home. Because of this, the attic floor has a "step off" where it drops down.When adding blown…