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pmny | Posted in General Questions on August 24, 2026 02:16pm Hi, I’m in the process of building a new Barn with a 2×6 frame wrapped around an antique barn frame on a new concrete foundation. I put together this wall detail illustration with flashing and wondered if it looks right. Any input would be helpful. […]
Q&A Spotlight A Boston homeowner plans to add exterior insulation and new siding but first needs the best way to waterproof the gap between a brick chimney and the wall By Chuck Bickford | August 24, 2026 Compared to products such as vapor-permeable WRBs, energy-recovery ventilators, and solar panels, flashing seems almost dirt simple. At […]
If you wanted to see BSC’s ‘baseline’ wall, see: BSD-103: Understanding Basements https://www.buildingscience.com/documents/digests/bsd-103-understanding-basements I would recommend *against* putting wood against the concrete basement foundation–it both puts potentially vulnerable wood in contact with damp concrete, and adds thermal bridging to the assembly. In essence, taking the most expensive insulation we commonly use (ccSPF), and substantially reducing […]
Hello!I live in a 100-year-old house in Portland, OR. There’s a basement (half of it you can stand in and the other half requires hands and knees). The sill plate is Douglas Fir and the foundation is concrete but a little crumbly. There is no capillary break and quite a few areas with unevenness where […]