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• Wasco Windows = Access Windows

  Hi,Anyone have any experience with Access Windows? I understand that Wasco was folded into Access during COVID. I understand that the Wasco Geneo was a well regarded window and would…

• MGO Board (Huber Exacor) for walls of basement garage

  Hi,In Zone 5 and renovating a house. It will have a two car garage in the basement (three sides underground). I will use 2" rigid foam on the exterior of…

• Cost-Effective Better-than-Code-Minimum Roof and Wall Assemblies

  Hi, Renovating/expanding a colonial in CT. Trying to get a much better than Code house for reasonable cost. Proposed wall assembly: sheetrock, 2x6 studs with R23 Rockwool, 1/2" plywood, Henry…

• Inline Fiberglass windows and Armor Wall sheathing

  Hi,Renovating and expanding a colonial in CT and considering Inline tilt turn windows for new and replacement. Does anyone have any recent experience with the company?Has anyone used armorwall panels…

• Sprayed cork as an air barrier

  Hi,Is sprayed cork an effective air barrier? Wondering if it can act as wrb and air barrier with some thermal resistance as well. I am thinking of applying it to…

• triple pane fiberglass windows

  Hi,I am looking for current feedback on the various Canadian fiberglass windows on the market for a US project. Colonial renovation and expansion in CT. Upgrading air sealing, insulation (inside…

• Seeking Opinions on Insulated Foam Ductwork

  Hi, Are people using the insulated foam ductwork (like Koolduct) in residential applications? Pros and Cons? Thanks Andrea

• Costs of natural gas when it is not used as a primary heating source

  Hi,I just built a much 'better than code house' in CT using air source heat pumps and a gas on demand HW heater. I have recently learned that it was…

• Is this what the Inside of a sheet metal plenum should look like?

  Hi,Stuck my head inside the newly fabricated and installed plenum out of curiosity. I have no idea what it should look like. Can anybody opine?ThanksA

• Foil tape on HVAC ducts

  Hi All, Just found out that all ductwork (90% round metal) in my new construction high performance residence was 'sealed' with foil tape instead of mastic and tape or mastic…