...act that in many casesbasementwallsare oftenbuildthe sameasabove grade walls, which can drytothe outside whileabasementwall cannot drytothe outsid...
...afairly new house (aboutayear old). The concretebasementfoundation wallsare framed (wood), insulated, sealed withaplastic vapor barrier, but not drywal...
...basements,and what you calculateas the entire square footage of livablearea.And more importantly, the sad reality is that very fewbasementsareactually bu...
...appliestoall climates, but weare based in Canadaourselvesand ourbasementconstructionand再保险novation guide pagesare gearedtowardstothe most harshan u...
...am. You could receiveapointtowards certification by havinganAP on your design team, but it isn't mandatory. Here isapagetoget you started -Howtobu...
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...artnerand I wanttobuild, live in,and potentially even rent out,an Earthship;atype of passive solar earth shelter that is made of both naturaland upcycle...
...ame footprint, you can expand itabitand haveaportionasaslab on grade, you can even fill in the existing foundationandbuildaslab ontop. If that were...
...basementsare moldyandhowtoprevent mold whenbuildingand再保险novatingbasements. If youassume thebasementwall is wetandbuildaccordingly, you canavoid ...
...toitself, maybe start that onaseparate question thread with detailsabout the currentassembly you plantokeepand detailsabout the one you plantoaddand...
...at isacommon place forair leakageand thermal bridging, so if you canat least insulate there then you would beahead of the game. That can be doneafew way...
...aSIP wall, the foam boards willactasavapor barrierand the thermal barrier. Foranair seal, you may wanttoactually do that first, which could beasimpl...
...as been thereat least 30 yearsand has zero water issues.Todemolishahouseand再保险buildonan existingbasementfoundation can be doneas longas the baseme...
...asanair barrier,and even spray foam can sometimes shrinkand crack, leaving gaps that can leadtoair leakage.Are you stripping thebuilding downtothe she...
