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Across the West Coast, many homeowners are rethinking how and where they build, prioritizing stronger connections to the natural environment and lower-impact living.

Hi everyone,I’m designing an ADU in Climate Zone 6 (Portland, ME) and targeting Passive House level performance. I want to bring more daylight into the deeper interior spaces, but I’m…

We are building a new home in Minnesota. The builder put rigid foam on the exterior. We are wondering what would be the safest protocol for finishing the basement concrete…

I'm designing and building a passive house but without certifying it. In climate zone 4A with a 3' minimum tall crawl space. The following detail is my understanding of the…

I have a 7'x10' alcove in a downstairs room with an open patio above the alcove. The alcove ceiling (or patio floor) has 2x10 ceiling joists with 3/4" Advantech subfloor,…

Designing and building & obsessing our home in Zone 7A Edmonton Canada. Learned everything from you guys and hoping you can critique my plan.1700 sqft on main level and vaulted…

We're building in SE Wisconsin using 6 inches of Rockwool comfortboard for continuous exterior insulation on top of a self-adhered membrane (Adhero) for the exterior air barrier. We're using Intello…

Hello!I'm designing a small home with double studded walls and I was wondering how a Nanawall glass bifolding door jamb would attach to the wall, alongside the components of the…

I'm looking at the Nu-Wool site. Their Ecocell cellulose batts max out at 5.5" thick and R20.I'd like to get to R30. Are R30 batts readily available? Or is it…