…has to be air sealed, only shingled in a way to shed water. What is important is that the materials of the barrier are generally vapour open in a heating…

Now that the house is gone, I thought I would document the materials I salvaged and will keep and re-use. A majority of the studs were saved and then de-nailed…

…the engineer (needed because I have a pump up system). 12 moisture and temp Sensors ready to imbed in the footings and first row if ICF in the ‘test lab’…

…formed by the structural roof truss would be a conditions space. Image Source:http://rdh.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Roof-Assembly.png So I had to abandon this best practice (see RDH Attic Mould Study for explanation of the…

…be something in the Ontario water – both Heather and Eric have been awesome!) Around this time Michael from www.actesenvironmental.com arrived to go through the house and get the data…

…truss labels are facing down as required. The strongbacks are not yet complete, they will need vertical 2×4 ties to the top and bottom chords of the truss per the…

…I found online. The pricing started to come in and I got my second sticker shock. I was budgeting about $1000 and the lowest price was over $4000. But then…

…come to site to come up with a plan. He asked me to book an inspection and informed me that if they were busy they would waive the inspection (indicating…

…to come. The wall assembly will contain a continuous 6″ layer of ROCKWOOL COMFORTBOARD™ 80 on the exterior side of the sheathing, in a manner free from thermal interruptions to…

…capsulitis) . This condition is caused when joints in the shoulder have too much friction to move freely and pain free. In my case the friction has been caused by…