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June 15, 2017

One reason for venting a roof (in addition to keeping the sheathing cold) is to release moisture from the attic. Given that (and assuming it is a given) I'm a…

June 6, 2017

Martin Holladay (Senior Editor) wrote a article in Jun/Jul 2012 FHB about insulating Cathedral Ceilings.  In the article he talked about Vented and Unvented roofs.  I have a vented roof…

May 8, 2017

I am in the process of designing a 1.5 story U-shape house with 3,600 ft^2 on the ground floor. The main section of the house is a rectangle, it will…

May 7, 2017

I make a guess someone has asked this question, but I couldn't find any with info that answered my questions. I built my house a year ago and installed an…

April 26, 2017

In the Taunton Press "The Visual Handbook of Energy Conservation"  on page 176 they describe a cathedral ceiling where stacks of rigid foam are placed over the poorly insulated roof…

March 19, 2017

Hi, My wife and I are building a new row house on an existing foundation of an old row house in Pittsburgh.  We hired an architect and subsequently a very…

February 25, 2017

I'm need to insulate the second floor of my garage that has a cathedral ceiling and live in upstate NY. It has 2x10 joists and I want to get the…

February 23, 2017

Hi all, first time on the FHB forum, couldn't find a search button so my apologies if this topic has already been covered.   We have a 2 story new…

February 17, 2017

I need some advice on ice dams and icicles we've been having since we added a shed dormer to our Vermont log home.  The problem is that because of the…

January 14, 2017

I am renovating a home we bought recently which has a cathedral ceiling.  The roof structure is comp. shingles over 1.5" rigid insulation over 1.5" T&G.  This assembly sits on…