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Guide describing how to upgrade walls that separate the garage from the house by providing a continuous air control layer on the garage side of the wall and adding rigid foam insulation.

Guide describing how to insulate an existing slab floor by adding rigid foam insulation over the slab then installing a floating subfloor.

A guide for choosing, installing, and flashing roof anchoring systems for solar panels.

Information guide describing roof construction techniques and tactics for fire resistance.

Guide describing requirements for sealing roof sheathing to increase resistance to high winds and rain.

Guide describing how to apply self-adhered asphaltic membranes at eaves in cold climates to help guard against ice dams.

Guide describing construction and protection of roof edges to resist air pressures at roof edges during high-wind events.

Guide describing options for providing access to the roof via openable skylights, dormer windows, or roof hatches, for occupants of homes in areas prone to severe flooding.

Guide describing how to seal roof valleys and how to seal around pipes, chimneys, and other roof deck penetrations.

Guide describing how to retrofit an exterior wall and/or attic to provide continuous air sealing.

Guide describing the design of a shelter-in-place room in a home for protection during hurricanes and tornadoes.

Guide describing methods to keep birds, rodents, and other pests out of vent openings and other locations in new and existing homes.

Guide describing how to air seal and insulate fiber board ducts.

Guide describing how to air seal and insulate flex ducts.

Guide describing how to air seal and insulate metal ducts.

Guide describing how to air seal around duct shafts and flues installed through ceilings, walls, and flooring in new and existing homes.

Guide describing how to retrofit older solid masonry homes to withstand seismic activity while including energy-efficient retrofits.

Guide describing how to construct and retrofit homes built on slab-on-grade foundations in earthquake-prone areas to withstand seismic forces by properly installing wall-to-foundation connections.

Guide describing service water pressure requirements for EPA's WaterSense Program.

Guide describing various methods of shading and solar control to reduce heat gain through windows.

Guide describing how to install low-flow showerheads.

Information guide describing steps that builders can take to reduce the likelihood of standing water and localized flooding around the foundation of a home during rainy conditions.

Guide describing insulation techniques for skylight shaft walls.

Guide describing how to insulate slabs on grade in climate zones 3 and higher.

Rigid Foam Insulation Installed Between Existing House and Garage Walls

Rigid Foam Insulation Installed over Existing Foundation Slabs

Roof Anchor System for Solar Panels

Roof Construction for Fire Resistance

Roof Deck Sheathing and Sealing for Sloped Roofs

Roof Eaves Sealed with Self-Adhering Membrane in Cold Climates

Roof Edge Protection

Roof Escape Openings for Flood-Prone Areas

Roof Valleys and Penetrations Sealed

Roof/Attic to Exterior Wall Air Control Upgrade

Safe Rooms and Storm Shelters

Screens and Other Deterrents for Birds, Rodents, and Other Pests

Sealed and Insulated Fiber Board Ducts

Sealed and Insulated Flex Ducts

Sealed and Insulated Metal Ducts

Sealing Duct Boots to Floor or Drywall

Seismic and Insulation Retrofits of Solid Masonry Walls

Seismic and Thermal Resistance in Slab-on-Grade Foundations with Turned-Down Footings (Monolithic Slabs)

Service Water Pressure

Shading and Solar Control for Windows and Skylights

Showerheads

Site Drainage Practices to Minimize Localized Flooding

Skylight Shaft Walls

Slab Edge Insulation

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