Recent Q&A

• Missing kickout flashing

  I don't have kickout flashing on any of my wall/roof intersections. In fact, I've never actually seen a house in my area that has kickout flashing. My house does have…

• Flash and batt on a sloped roof

  The spray foam crew started work on my house today. One of areas getting CC spray foam is the sloped portion of the roof on the room over the garage.…

• Unvented roof questions

  The last few feet (closest to the house) of the roof for the room over the garage basically ends on a side wall for the second story (there is also…

• Window sill pan flashing

  I'm using beveled cedar siding to create a slopped sill pan with DuPont flexwrap applied over top of it. Unfortunately we only added 1/4" to the rough opening height, and…

• Airfoil receptacle box

  Is any particular kind of foam (fire stop?) required when filling sealing chamber?

• HVAC selection help

  My new house is under construction and I need to finalize my HVAC system soon. Some details: Zone 4, 3800 sq feet (About 1900 first floor, 1550 second floor, 350…

• Keeping HVAC inside conditioned space

  We have just started construction on my new house. I want to keep the HVAC inside the conditioned space for energy efficiency. The crawlspace will be conditioned and we are…

• Conditioned crawlspace — rim joist insulation

  Yes, another conditioned crawlspace question, I think this is number 3 for me. Our building permit is finally approved and construction is starting. I've talked to two different insulation contractors…

• Closed-cell spray foam in conditioned crawl space, sill gaskets, windows, & air sealing

  We have our house plans back from the designer and are getting ready to start building. I have a few separate questions:

• Plans Review with a few questions

  We are getting closer to building our new home. The preliminary drawings have been completed (links to plans at the bottom). We aren’t exactly building a green house, but over…