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Broncobilly_69 | Posted in General Questions on March 1, 2026 08:42am I’m planning use either XPS or EPS (reclaimed hopefully) for exterior insulation, but I am concerned about insect intrusion.  I’d love to use Mineral wool instead, but am trying to keep the budget under control.  How is everyone preventing insects from making a home out […]

I am in the process of having my engineer design a home on a frost protected shallow foundation using monoslab, which in my cz 6, I can do a 12 inch depth over 6 inches of non frost susceptible crushed stone. I also am trying to incorporate a concrete free slab for the non structural […]

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Any ideas what could be causing these large cold spots on thermal imaging? The picture shows the edge of an upstairs room. In the attic above, there is visibly plenty of insulation in these spots. There is batt insulation with blown in fiberglass on top of it. The baffles are Styrofoam and go from edge […]

Hi, We have a 200 year old house in upstate new york that is 1400 sq ft between 2 floors, with a simple gable roof. We are redoing the roof, and have gotten quotes from two companies. We are thinking through the pros and cons of insulating at the attic plane vs insulating at the […]

A friend has a single-story house in climate zone 7 with an older, non-condensing natural gas boiler. The home is heated with hydronic baseboards on a single zone. There is a single 1-inch main loop running around the crawlspace that serves roughly eight baseboard units. Each baseboard branches off the main using venturi (diverter) tees—mostly […]