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Hi, I am a GC in Greenville, SC. Climate zone 3A. I have a client who wants to replace the existing vinyl siding with new vinyl. We have already built them a garage and remodeled their kitchen, so I know there is no WRB at all behind the vinyl siding, just the sheathing. I already […]
Last summer we had a wasp nest in our basement. I found where the wasps were entering- there was a sizable hole near a basement window. The hole had been hidden by a chunk of concrete that was loose. Removed the loose concrete, filled the hole with Great Stuff pest block. Now I wait to […]
Hello. I am attempting to restore a 1952 MCM home in Saint Louis – Zone 4A. When I bought the house in 2022 I had planned to simply move in and live happily ever after, but then I found out it had mold issues. I am trying to take the right steps to make the […]
Hi All, Long time reader but first time poster. We recently built a house in climate zone 5A (Indianapolis) and working with our builder and doing a fair amount of air sealing after we moved in I think we ended up with a very comfortable pretty good house (ACH 50 of about 2.5). The one […]
I would like to use Rockwool insulation to retrofit my 1-storey home in Quebec (zone 5b: cold winters, hot/humid summers) while changing the envelope. The problem is that the house is unlikely to have a vapour barrier/retardant in place, and it seems necessary in this climate. (The Rockwool with retardant is unavailable in Canada. Another […]