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Window Placement: Use One Ratio
In order to create visual interest, use the right proportions when deciding what goes where.
Tough Choice: Double-Pane vs. Triple-Pane Windows
For ProHOME, the double-pane choice met the net-zero target — and the cost savings paid for a PV solar array.
Insulation for Both Sides of the Sheathing
Insulation is a critical component to achieving net-zero energy.
Wall-Framing Tools I Love: Form Aligner Turnbuckle
Indispensable, inexpensive wall bracing and adjusting tool
Uplift and Hold-downs
Structural engineers are concerned with various types of loads, the main ones falling into the categories of gravity loads and horizontal loads. A third category is uplift, which also relates…
Backfilling the Garage
Screened tailings fill most of the volume of the garage foundation and minimize the amount of compacting we have to do
Garage Slab: Many Hands Make for Easy Work
Warwick Area Career and Technical Center students practice placing and finishing the garage slab while Bruce and I goof off.
Building and Trimming Eave Overhangs
Attaching the eave to the wall rather than the rafter makes for a faster, straighter, and safer installation
Flashing Window and Door Bucks
Preflashing the window and door bucks allows us to completely install the exterior insulation and rain-screen furring.
Top Seal
Sealing the top plate to the wall sheathing transitions the air-control layer from the wall to the ceiling

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