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• Non-estrogenic resilient floor recs?

  I'm doing spec for a floor in an area where LVT seems like it'd be a great fit were it not for the PVC content.Just read this piece in Mother…

• Electric Water Heater for Occasional-Use Space

  I'm looking at finishing a mother-in-law apartment over a detached garage. It will be used for an actual mother-in-law and occasional guests, probably max 30 days / year. I'm (newly)…

• Dryer Vent in Wall with Hardie Board Siding

  I have a dryer vent cover and bathroom vent cover installed behind Hardie siding - neither of them have any functioning backdraft protection, so they're just holes in my wall.…

• High-Performance Windows in Low R-Value Walls

  I just came across a 2010 article Martin wrote for this site entitled 'Do Europeans Really Make the Best Windows?', in which he concludes as an almost tossed-off aside: "The…

• Suggestions for GBA Prime Membership Pricing

  I sent this question to Taunton's contact address and got a singularly unhelpful reply so I thought I'd post here. Just one person's vote but I'm a homeowner who is…

• Heat Pump Replacement Spec for ’87 Contemporary in SE PA

  Hi all- Back with another ‘Rate my Quotes: Heat Pump Edition’ … I have a ~2800 sq ft 1987 contemporary house in Bucks County, PA (NE of Philadelphia, border of zones…

• Looking for Spray Foam with Low Global Warming Potential

  I have a few tasks that call for closed-cell foam (vertical interior surfaces and air sealing in attic, rim joist in basement) and my cursory research indicates that the blowing agents used…