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I am in discussions with a modular factory home builder in my area. Climate zone 7a. I would like to achieve a net zero ready envelope following the Pretty Good House method. For my climate R40 walls looks like a good target. Their preferred wall assembly for achieving R40 is using 2×6 and 2×4 offset studs […]

Greetings. I’m Spillers, a new member here and had a question about insulation. I’m in a 1929-built craftsman home in climate zone 3A (Warm-Humid) and desire to enclose the attic to add additional bedrooms and a bathroom. The attic currently has blow-in cellulose on the attic floor and no insulation in the rafter bays or […]

I have not seen this covered specifically, so figured I would ask. I have a steel building (zone 4) that I am insulating with rigid foam on the outside (most all of it getting foamular 150 1″ on the exterior side). I ran into an interesting scenario with a lean-to style overhang (that will be […]

hi everyone, looking for any ideas on perhaps a strange question. I exercise (and sweat) a lot and need a better solution for handling wet clothes. It seems wasteful & tedious to do a tiny load of laundry every day or multiple times a day. I can air dry them outside, but often it’s rainy […]

Hi GBA Folks, Bit of a last minute preparation question. I have very large mulled Loewen patio door units that will be installed on a concrete slab out to a covered patio. The transition is all on the same level. The patio concrete hasn’t been poured yet. I have 4″ of XPS foam continuously under […]

On October 4, Union Pacific Railroad, the National Association of Manufacturers and the Manufacturing Institute celebrated Manufacturing Day, a national day focused on fostering an in-depth understanding of the rewarding and high-paying careers available in modern manufacturing. With hundreds of thousands of jobs available in the sector, Manufacturing Day brings companies and others together to […]

About three days after 45,000 dockworkers at 36 ports from Maine to Texas initiated a strike, the International Longshoremen’s Association and U.S. Maritime Alliance, representing the ports, announced a tentative wage agreement. As a result, the union has suspended the strike until January 15.  The dockworkers are demanding a wage increase and a total ban on automation, […]

DETROIT (AP) — Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages and higher prices if it had dragged on. The International Longshoremen’s Association is suspending its three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The massive port workers’ strike that has shut down all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Gulf coast is highlighting a fear held by many workers: Eventually, we will be replaced by machines. The International Longshoremen’s Association, which represents the approximately 45,000 dockworkers who walked […]

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., a manufacturer of discrete semiconductors and passive components, announced that it is implementing restructuring actions designed to optimize its manufacturing footprint and streamline business decision making as it executes the Vishay 3.0 growth strategy. Most Read on Manufacturing.net PODCAST: If Gen Z Doesn’t See a Future, They’ll Leave  Automotive Supplier Invests $11.2M […]