retrofit insulation #green
greenbuildingadvisor.com
09 Feb '12, 3am
Just finished insulation retrofit on a nearly identical house in southern NH. Homeowner had energy audit performed and the...
Green Building Q&A: Is air sealing still needed...
greenbuildingadvisor.com
09 Feb '12, 4am
Darren, Every house needs an air barrier. The air barrier needs to be continuous, without seams or breaks: under the botto...
Green Building Q&A: Is 3/4" closed-cell spray f...
greenbuildingadvisor.com
04 Feb '12, 5am
I'm building a house north of Pittsburgh, PA in climate zone 6. The house is built with 2x4 walls, 1" blue dow styrofoam s...
Improve air sealing and insulation. Read Green ...
greenbuildingadvisor.com
10 Feb '12, 3pm
I will be removing the exterior sheathing and addressing air sealing & insulation from the exterior. Interior walls (plast...
Green Building Q&A: Best economical way to seal...
greenbuildingadvisor.com
11 Feb '12, 1pm
My son's house has the notoriously leaky tongue & groove ceiling with fiberglass batt insulation. Our plan is to pull up t...
How safe is icynene spray foam to use in the ce...
greenbuildingadvisor.com
10 Feb '12, 8pm
Central coastal California area. The addition is on the north side of the existing house. I want to know the environmental...
Wall construction alternatives #green
greenbuildingadvisor.com
11 Feb '12, 4am
Option 2 seems simpler overall from a labor standpoint, although the spray foam would be more expensive ... much closer to...
Sh*t happens: Mysterious ‘manure foam’ causes p...
grist.org
08 Feb '12, 9pm
A screen shot from an ABC news report about the probem (click to watch the video). It is said that nature abhors a vacuum....
Green Building Q&A: Prefab soffit insulation ba...
greenbuildingadvisor.com
11 Feb '12, 8pm
Is anyone aware of a prefab soffit insulation baffle that offers a 2" chute opening? Fine Homebuilding had a recent articl...
Green Building Q&A: Adding rigid foam over exis...
greenbuildingadvisor.com
29 Jan '12, 4pm
I like in northwestern North Carolina (zone 7) in a Cape Cod style house. The upper rooms are pretty uncomfortable in the ...
Green Building Q&A: how to calculate insulated ...
greenbuildingadvisor.com
06 Feb '12, 2am
I am designing a new house in Rhode Island. We are using 2 x 6 studs with 4 in. closed cell spray foam insulation in the w...
Have you ever used this to dry your nails??
michellephan.com
09 Feb '12, 6pm
Have you ever heard of using a cooking spray as a quick-dry solution for your nails? Rumor has it that a no-stick cooking ...
rigid foam ceiling question #green
greenbuildingadvisor.com
29 Jan '12, 6am
i'm building an icf home in WV. i have my roof trusses on 24" centers, 2x4 bottom chords, and 9'7" from the floor to the b...
Is there a best way to discipline your child? -...
sg.news.yahoo.com
12 Feb '12, 9am
No two children are alike. That is why parents sometimes adjust the way they discipline their kids based on what works for...
Green Building Q&A: Crawl Space and Insulation
greenbuildingadvisor.com
19 Feb '12, 10pm
My sister lives in Alabama in a house that is a couple hundred years old and it sits appox. four feet off the ground. The ...