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This airtight, superinsulated home was built using familiar methods and materials.
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Q: I'm going to be removing the existing fiberglass batts from the attic of a moderately leaky older home, doing some air-sealing, and re-insulating with 16 inches of loose-fill cellulose. According to the homeowner, a dusting of fine powdery snow sometim
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To make sure you’re getting a good spray-foam installation, choose a certified contractor and run regular material tests.
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Graco claims that the Reactor E-8p Portable Plural-Component Sprayer is the first foam sprayer specifically designed to apply the new no-heat polyurethane formulations.
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Versatex has added 4-by-6-inch and 8-by-8-inch sizes to its precut Versawrap PVC column cladding for rough-sawn wood posts (existing sizes are 4 by 4 inches and 6 by 6 inches.)
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Intumescent latex-based coating for foam-insulated attic and crawlspaces.
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How do you make a downstairs apartment quieter when the apartment upstairs is inaccessible?
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Reflectix. Reflective Insulation consists of two layers of 5/16-inch-thick polyethylene “bubble wrap” with a reflective foil layer bonded to one or both exterior faces.
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A remodeler encountering a layer of Cabot's Quilt inside an old building might mistake it for the tattered remnants of a Hawaiian grass skirt -- hastily stuffed into a wall, perhaps, during a police raid of some Prohibition-era costume party.
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During the late 1970s and early 1980s, I supervised residential insulation projects in central Vermont while working with a couple of regional agencies.