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• Horizontal strapping advice

  嘿,伙计们,我组ting up to strap a house we're building to accept some vertical siding.The house is covered with 1.5" of form insulation and the siding will be a board…

• Sealing mud sill with brick ledge

  Hi everyone,My house was recently framed and the framers sealed the sill in the typical fashion of using a foam sill gasket and then wrapping some Tyvek under the sill…

• AccuVent in Canada

  Does anyone know where you can buy AccuVents in Canada (https://www.brentwoodindustries.com/construction/accuvent/)?I've got emails out to distributors but figured I give the QA here a shot too.

• Wall assembly feedback

  Hey folks,after digesting lots of information on this site and reconciling that against local build codes this is the wall assembly we're looking to use in our new build.From the…

• Construction over the winter

  Good day folks, wondering if anyone with experience constructing over the winter has advice they'd like to share.We're building a house up in Canada in climate zone 6. When I…

• Exterior foam insulation in zone 6

  Hi there, first off I'd like to commend this site and its community. The abundance of information and involvement is quite impressive. My wife and I are currently nearing the final…