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Right - This rigid insulation is correctly installed in a level layer over aggregate; the seams will be taped
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Right – Prepoured foundation panels with integrated insulation and vapor barrier are installed in place.
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Right – The raised slab foundation has a 3-ft stem wall of filled concrete block, then is back-filled with compacted dirt and crushed rock, then insulated with 1” rigid foam covered with taped vapor barrier, under a floor slab.
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Right-Polyethylene sheeting is correctly installed over aggregate and taped to pillars and foundation wall
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This exterior wall retrofit permits drying to the exterior of a sill plate installed on an untreated flat foundation wall
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This exterior wall retrofit permits drying to the exterior of a sill plate installed on an untreated irregular foundation wall
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This Texas homes uses a slab foundation including a 4-in.-thick post-tensioned monolithic slab with turned-down edges poured over a 6-mil polyethylene vapor barrier and capillary break; slab edge insulation is not used due to termite risk.
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Wrong - Polyethylene sheeting should be lapped up sides of walls and pillars and taped