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Hello All: We are building our house with all exterior continuous insulation, nothing in the stud walls. We're in western NY State, zone 6. Our current plan for the wall layers…

My house is built on a slab that is uninsulated. All around the exterior of the house, it has a 6 inch wide section that is raised 4 inches above…

Hello,Reading a lot about crawlspace encapsulation tells me the optimal insulation of a crawlspace is on the outside.  Yet it seems every time encapsulation is discussed in detail, the insulation…

Ok, it's always been said, you can save  water, or power, but not both, and when I  installed my first hot water recirculating system I doubled my daily power consumption. But…

Tools used to measure air flows, from unscientific to the most accurate, including the ACIN FlowFinder 2

I have a steel building that has a relatively tall (60") stem wall.  I trimmed out the bottom of the building to have a 3" drip edge under which I…