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Canadian Wood Council’s ENGINEERING GUIDE FOR WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION 2009
Received my ordered copy of this guide today. I took a cursory look this evening and not liking what I see. The critical difference between it and the guidelines in…
Engineered Structure – Update
…Part 4 (fully engineered – think long hand division, ouch) or utilizing the slightly more prescriptive approach of the Engineering Guide for Wood Frame Construction 2009 guide put out by…
Slab Happy – Revisited
…slab. With the insulation and membrane installed on all four lab panels, I built the bucks that will later form the concrete lids over the test lab. I also installed…
Sealed Up Tight
…of the best practice components I incorporated into this system was the special order 2.0 Radius elbows. This was recommended by Eneready and further motivated by some web research I…
Soaring to new heights – but what a Pane!
…and with standard course of construction insurance costing $4000+ per MONTH, I could hardly complain. I ended up going with an online broker (http://www.freightshippingcenter.com) that seemed to have a good…
Water Leak – ✔
…will be part of the foundation building science lab. The lab consists of 6 test columns with the various layers of the columns instrumented for moisture and temperature. The layers…
Blower Door Complete – Results were AWESOME
…So without further adieu, the results .299 ACH50! I want to thanks Michael and Deborah from H&H Small Space Solutions for coming down from Lillooet and performing the test…
Air Tight – Certified!
…house and am now working on the bonus room below the garage. As this room will also house the sub-slab insulation testing lab, I have test panels utilizing mineral wool…
B.A.T. 3.0 and other exciting testing.
…weight was achieved by a looser weave but the strength comes from fibres that are just over 50% larger. I was comfortable enough with the look and feel of the…
Heartache
…search for a while and just hope he would come back. As I was leaving for my appointment, I tried the tracker again and this time picked up a clear…