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I am remodeling a 70's ranch with a walk out basement, for the most part the house is in good shape just dated. However, the exterior is t-111 that is…

Building a log cabin where there will be an insulated flat roof, then open gables, then a pitched, uninsulated roof with a standing seam metal roof.  Above the rafters are…

Hello, I’m in the middle of remodeling a first-floor room in my house in South Central Pennsylvania (Zone 4). The room is currently gutted to the studs, and the ceiling…

Hi, I had our driveway poured on Sep 15 (in Houston Texas) and requested my builder not to have any vehicles on it for 4 weeks to let the concrete…

Building a new home in south Arkansas. The roof I have in mind is as follows. R44 blown in mineral wool, 2x4 trusses, 5/8 plywood decking, underlayment, 3/4 EPS rigid…

I am hoping to convert my existing garage into a part-time golf simulator for the winter in upstate New York zone 6.  Currently, there was only insulation in drywall on…

Dormers complicate a vented roof, and the owner doesn’t want spray foam.

We recently gut-renovated our 100yo brick home in Cleveland, OH (Zone 6A). We modernized it with two heat pump systems covering 4 distinct zones. The upstairs zone - the original…

We have a interior bathroom that will have a long bath fan exhaust pipe (~30') to an exterior wall through the attic.  It's a small full bath with an 80…