Refinishing bricks/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...bricksand masonry on the exterior of a house should be done with careful consideration of the products you use to avoid having to watch your paint peeling and chipping in the near future. What kind of paint do you use for brick? Let's start with what NOT to use - never paintbrickswith standard oil or latex paint...

...refinishing外墙的升级——就像完美的外墙组件一样，保温层应该是连续的，不受热桥的破坏。以下是一些提高老房子保温水平，成功贴合外墙保温的方法。拉森用纤维素或棉絮在…

Insulation slows the rate of heat transfer, helping keep homes warmer in winter and cooler in summer. How well-insulated your home is will determine how comfortable it is and how much you will spend on energy for heating and cooling, and in some respects, how durable it will be. The transfer of heat (or heat loss) o...

LEED Platinum V4 Wall Design: Building Science The wall we designed for the Edelweiss house, Canada's first LEED Platinum V4 Home is best categorized as a 'REMOTE' wall, a high performance building envelope developed by the Cold Climate Housing Research Centre in Alaska. REMOTE stands for 'Residential Exterior M...

凝结在窗户上是坏事吗?每年的这个时候，窗户上的凝结会成为一种痛苦，我们早上醒来，看不到外面，窗帘是湿的，窗户底部有水，更糟糕的是，它会影响窗户下面的墙壁，导致石膏板和家具发霉。Condensa……

Important to note: some programs may be discontinued, some new ones may be out there. Please help us keep this page updated if any of these don't work out or you know of others out there and drop a note in the comments at the bottom. According to the EnerQuality Green Building survey in October 2009, 40% of Ontario ...

What is a blower door test? Blower door tests are becoming part of many State and Provincial mandatory building codes - the new BC Energy Step Code in British Columbia, Canada is one example. A blower door test is often an essential part of a home audit, we don’t know for sure just yet if it will be part of the free...

Siding Installation The walls of your home are an environmental separator. Their job is to keep the inside in and the outside out. Exterior cladding or siding is your first line of defense against weather elements, and its job is to allow interior control layers (ie. the building envelope) to do their jobs without...

...Bricks随着时间的推移不会有太大的变化，但如果需要，可以重新完成，但木壁板将需要每15年左右重新油漆;计算出你离未来的维护费用有多远。看看墙板底部和墙角有没有腐烂和水渍的迹象。阅读更多关于选择外部壁板. ...

...Bricksand masonry interior walls Using reclaimedbricksor stone as wall finishing will add thermal mass to your home and help balance temperatures .Bricksand unprocessed natural stone should not have or need any finish on it. Hiring a mason to build an interior wall of brick is not the cheapest wall you will ever...

...Bricksand masonry: Putting materials with high thermal mass in the path of the sun will absorb heat and help regulate home temperatures. If you're looking for usedbricksto reclaim, there are several places to check depending on the amount of time and money you want to spend sourcing. Kijiji , Craigslist and your loc...