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Bonjour.j’aimerais savoir si on doit installer de la soffite ventilé sous une véranda qui n’est pas en lien avec le toit de la maison isolée.peut-on mettre une finition non perforée?

The background: We have a 1973 cape cod. The first floor is standard (for the time) 2 x 4 construction with barn board sheathing. Air sealing and insulation where nonexistent.…

Measuring a home's electric demand determines if the existing service can serve additional loads, such as an EV charger

Hoping to get some perspectives on safety and avoiding mold. Have a 1900's 2.5 story house in climate zone 6 I believe (Toronto Ontario area). The attic is just big…

Hi,I have a house dating from 1897 in Westchester New York. The house has a wraparound porch of which about 1/3 is enclosed finished space ( by previous owner). The…

Hey All,Some time ago, I had a conversation with the guy doing my Manual J, S and D. In the Man D or S he specified particular CFMs per room.…

I have yet to find any advice about my particular building detail. The roof has both a 1' and 2' overhang, closed off with 1x soffit boards. The main roof…

I have a home that has a timber framed non vented roof. Above the T&G roof decking 2 layers of R-Max insulation were installed. The layer over the T&G roof…

Hi all, I recently bought a 150+ year old row house and am having thermal comfort problems on the 2nd and 3rd floors. I was able to diagnose the cause…

Hello, I have a corner post (3 sandwiched 2x4s) of our garage where the bottom has some rot (roughly 1/5th of the longways width of two of the 2x4 are…

I'm putting a storm shelter in my garage/workshop. I originally had it drawn out as 12.75' x 7.75', which is 99 square feet. Our family has four people and a…

We have been told never to place XPS foam insulation directly below the slab due to the fact that if the XPS gets wet, it could hold the moisture indefinitely.…

We are planning to use corrugated metal siding over the Benjamin 6mm Obdyke slicker rainscreen, which will be placed over Benjamin Obydke hydro gap for house wrap.My question is, because…

Moisture coming into basements through concrete foundation walls can lead to unhealthy conditions. Here are solutions for keeping new and existing basements dry.

Hi,Working with a builder on a new build construction project and have a question regarding insulation.Architect has spec'd the walls to be 2x6, 16" on center, 7/16" Zip system taped…

Hi, we live in an old 3300 sq ft house near tristate nh-ma-vt intersection. We have many interventions planned to reduce air infiltration and switch to all electric heating. We…

Hey all.  I've been analyzing temp and humidity data for our new home and am a bit stumped by a pattern I'm seeing.  Was hoping someone here might have a…

We have a NYC rowhouse with a flat roof and we are putting on a new surface in preparation for solar panels. We want to also add 2" polyiso while we…

More people are turning to the option of building their own home. Potential owner-builders in the U.S. face some unique but surmountable challenges.

Adding 2 layers of 1 inch poly iso to my roof, In Southwest Florida, was looking to find out what the fastener pattern would be for the second layer of…