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We're building a 3-season sunroom and don’t plan to heat it in the near future.It’s been suggested that we insulate the interior now - while the walls are open- to…

It may be a popular look, but do gaps in siding really make sense?

I'm currently building a new home on Prince Edward Island (PEI), located on the east coast of Canada. We're considering using Durospan GPS R-10 insulation beneath the basement slab and…

We’re preparing to pour our walkout basement walls and will apply a liquid waterproofing membrane (like Tremco Watchdog or Rub-R-Wall). Based on Rockwool’s technical details and a sales rep’s advice,…

Hello! We have an ICF home in USA zone 6a, which is from -10°F to -5°F, or -20.6°C to -23.3°C in the winter. Our normal winters tend to be more…

I'm struggling to get a decent seal with spray foam around our windows without completely filling the rough opening. We want to leave a small path for water to exit…

I will be building a 22x18 log cabin tiny home on some very Rocky soil in North Georgia. My plan was to use a pier system w/Bigfoot style concrete forms…

We are initially building a very small (16x24) studio cabin with a single slant shed roof. The plans for the ceiling/roof consist of a layered superstructure somewhat along the lines…

Working further through my insulated roof design after getting some help in an earlier thread. I'm now debating two possible designs as I try to come to terms with the…

I built a new house last year in mn (climate zone 6) using nexcem icf walls.  I Monopoly framed the roof, using zip sheething, and taping the seems to the…

Rheem recommends placing something underneath their ProTerra hybrid water heater to prevent it from transmitting vibration into a raised, non-concrete floor inside a house.  They make a vibration isolation kit…

Through feedback on this site, I have decided to switch to vertical siding.  6A, coastal maine, single pitched roof with zip sheathing,  no exterior insulation, and a 2 foot overhang.I…

I'm planning a mini-split installation for a 600 sq ft (20'x30') home office with these specifics:9 ft ceilings (5400 cubic ft total volume)3 regular occupants + equipment (~800W heat load)Middle floor of a…

We had a few giant colonies of ants take over our gutted home these past few days. We used a spray on them, and while it killed the ants on…

Hi all,We are excavating for a 16x26 frost-protected monolithic slab on grade.  The site was a former slightly downhill sloping area that was built up with rock and concrete excavated…

I'm trying to seal a hard to reach area. I tried a 25 inch extended spray gun, but the large foam can gets in the way.Any tips on reaching far…

Hello all, Long time lurker first time poster haha. I have a best practice question. Context: Feel free to skip this if you just want the question below. One of my friends lives in an…

Hello,I am closing off a window in the basement and want to water proof the outside. Can I use Ice and Water dam material designed for roofs on the exterior…

Location: Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge

In 1977, nine years after its initial release, Ray and Charles Eames issued an amended version of their experimental film Powers of Ten, incorporating two additional scales, and thereby effecting “a hundredfold increase—to each end of the journey into the universe, and to the return trip to the microstructure of the carbon atom in the human body.” Drawing on up-to-the-moment scientific developments at scales both extra-large and extra-small, seizing upon the power of then-novel media and representational techniques to appeal to very different audiences, and venturing well beyond the...

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I have no experience in construction. Can anyone tell me ?