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Can Steel Framing Be Used in High-Performance Houses?

ScottG, contributing writer | January 24th, 20134 comments

Light-gauge steel framing has several advantages in residential construction: it's straight, light and cost competitive with dimensional lumber. It's also an excellent heat conductor, and that has a builder wondering whether steel framing has any place in his energy-efficient home.

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Flashing A Recessed Window using Liquid Tyvek

Matt Risinger, Blogger | November 5th, 20121 comment

Flashing a recessed window is tricky, this new product from DuPont Tyvek called Fluid Applied (Liquid Tyvek!) makes the process much simpler. In this jobsite video we will take you through the steps to form a water tight, air tight, and vapor permeable window install.

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How To Work With TimberStrand Headers

Matt Risinger, Blogger | October 4th, 2012

Window & door headers are typically a large source of thermal bridging. In this video I'll show you how to frame with TimberStrand engineered headers and easily achieve a well-insulated & very strong header.

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Off-The-Grid Straw Bale Getaway

RYagid, senior editor | April 24th, 20121 comment

An architecture firm known for ecologically sensitive design creates an off-the-grid cabin in the woods of California

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Framing with Energy in Mind - We're Still Missing the Boat!

JFink, Senior Editor | April 15th, 201110 comments

There's a raised ranch house going up next door to my house in Plainville, CT. The 7-man framing crew finished their work today, so I snuck over after work to peek at the quality of their work. I...

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Air Sealing with Owens Corning's new Energy Complete system

Matt Risinger, Blogger | March 24th, 20116 comments

I'm a huge believer in Spray Foam for air sealing, but foam will only air seal the cavity that it's sprayed into. Here's where Owens Corning's new Energy Complete has a leg up on Foam. In this video you'll see how their system does an excellent job of air sealing so that their total-fill fiberglass system doesn't have any air flow issues to deal with. -Matt Risinger

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Will Double Stud Wall Construction Bring Efficiency at a Modest Cost?

ScottG, contributing writer | January 13th, 201114 comments

An owner-builder in western Washington State with a strict construction budget wonders how to get the energy efficiency she wants with what she has to spend.

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Flashing Windows in Walls with Exterior XPS Insulating Sheathing

roryread, member | February 5th, 20102 comments

The exterior insulation adds thermal efficiency. Perhaps even more important, in our marine climate, our code (Portland, OR) then allows us to omit the interior vapor barrier, and we can build...

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Fait Accompli: Our First House...Finished

sjdehner, member | May 13th, 20095 comments

After almost two years of steady work our passive-solar house is now "officially" built. Looking back it hardly seems possible... Thanks to a combination of mutual enthusiasm, several talented...

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1930s American Foursquare

ahendel, member | March 2nd, 20091 comment

We bought a 1930 American Foursquare in 2006 which we are still restoring and updating. There was only one outlet on the second floor in the hallway for 4 bedrooms & 1 bathroom! The house had the...

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