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Product Guide How traditional and modular battery systems work, how to size them correctly, and what to expect from performance, safety, and cost By Karuna Eberl | April 22, 2026 Image: SolarCity Note: This is part two of a four-part series on the basic parts and pieces of home battery backup systems, and what to […]
I am working on a 1970s home in Zone 5A with the following exterior wall assembly: interior 1/2” gyp bd, 2×4 framing 16”oc with either original kraft faced batts or new R13 batts with Certainteed Membrain, 3/4” brown fiberboard sheathing, 3/4” polyiso foil faced ci and vinyl lap siding. I’d like to demo the siding, […]
Hi teamNew house in Zone 6. GC wants to use Zip R12 but engineer requiring osb directly on studs for shear. Aside from obvious redundancy, any moisture or material issues with apply Zip R12 on top of the sheathing layer, effectively sandwiching the 2-1/2″ foam between two layers of osb? Got numbers for this and […]
We just had blown-in insulation installed by a company, and while checking their completed work, we noticed that a lot of our baffles have insulation in them. Some of them are completely blocked. We had someone suggest using a leaf blower on the soffits from the exterior of the home. Will that work well? Any […]
Green Building News BAIE Minerals produces decarbonized minerals for building products while also remediating environmental blight By Justin R. Wolf | April 21, 2026 Baie Verte, in north central Newfoundland, Canada, is one of several communities that comprise the island’s Emerald Zone. In the 1950s, a large deposit of asbestos was discovered, and Baie Verte […]