Discussion Forum
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fiberglass batt insulation
I have seen it said numerous times on this forum section that (1) fiberglass batt insulation allows convection within the batt thus lowering the R value. I have never seen…
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Building Codes- can’t enter thread!!
I can see the thread title in the list but have no access to the thread. All day in the top bar, the phrase says 'This discussion does not exist" but…
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Building in British Columbia
Hi Folks! After the "condo failure" fiasco, from what i've seen from afar is that regulations for general contractors and other facets of the building process changed drastically. Can anyone …
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Foil stories and R value claims
I brought the following over from another insulation thread to start this thread: I was checking the Classifieds of a new small weekly paper for my area and found this…
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Some old building science
An excerpt from a 1986 Canadian NRC "Building Science Insight" seminar titled Air Leakage Control. This seminar was put on across the country and cost $150 at the time .....very…
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ICF’s in the North
Been sorting and filing my training materials over the last few days and have found some of the documents I may have referred to in a post somewhere on these…
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Christmas/Holiday Grettings
Picked this up from another forum I frequent: Merry Christmas Happy Hanukah Happy Quanza Happy Festivus Whatever holiday your celebrating in the next month or so, I hope you enjoy…
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Creosote…this isn’t good!
This stove should have an 8" stainless steel liner from its outlet up through to the chimney crown/cap. The masonry opening is too large for the stove outlet- 70 sq…