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I am in the process of finalizing design and beginning build of a 1500 square ft slab on grade ranch in climate zone 5 and I am trying to decide…

My renovation - green I promise - has encountered some difficulties, and I need either a suspended slab or floor joists just below grade.  (The ground cannot support a slab,…

Looking for advice on best way to insulate brick veneer exterior walls. I don't have the 1" minimum gap between the sheathing and the brick. The sheathing is some kind…

I'm planning a retrofit rainscreen facade on our home in zone 7.  We have tall walls with zero overhangs (the house is a box).  I am wondering if it would…

What’s a bullet-proof sequence of installation for an “innie” window?

Hi all! So as I slowly work away at my 23x26' basement, I'm still miffed by what to do with my floor. It is a concrete slab that is heavily sloped…