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Plan view of electric box installation in exterior wall showing flashing and air sealing details
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Retrofit of cantilevered foundation wall showing details at the inside corner for installing closed-cell spray foam in the wall and overhanging floor
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Retrofit of cantilevered wall showing details at the inside corner for installing air sealing and rigid foam insulation in the wall and overhanging floor
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Retrofit of cantilevered wall showing details at the outside corner for installing air sealing and rigid foam insulation in the wall and closed-cell spray foam in the overhanging floor
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Retrofit of cantilevered wall with beam showing details at the outside corner for installing air sealing and rigid foam insulation in the wall and overhanging floor
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Retrofit of cantilevered wall with beam showing details at the outside corner for installing air sealing and rigid foam insulation plus water control membrane in the wall and overhanging floor
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Right - A drywall gasket is installed along the top plate before installed drywall.
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Right - A termite shield and a sill gasket are installed between the sill plate and the foundation on a raised slab foundation.
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Right - An EPDM gasket is installed around an HRV duct installed in an exterior wall; 9 of 14.
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Right - Closed-cell spray foam insulation fills the wall cavities of the exterior walls in this home retrofit
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Right - External outlet wall penetration is flashed with tape that is properly layered with house wrap.
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Right - Mastic is being installed to air seal the wood-to-wood joints in this wall.
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Right - New flashing has been installed to complete the air and water control layers at the window openings of this wall retrofit that includes insulating the wall cavities with spray foam
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Right - Panelized walls came to site with house wrap and furring strips pre-installed; seams will be overlapped and taped on site.
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Right - Panelized walls came to site with house wrap pre-installed and ready to unfurl to cover foundation-to-sheathing seam.
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Right - Permeable rigid mineral wool insulation and appropriate water-management flashing details are integrated with new rigid foam siding to keep water away from the sill beam above the foundation wall
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Right - Seams in coated sheathing and joints around window are properly sealed and flashed with tape and all nail holes are covered with paint-on sealant.
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Right - Spray foam fills the walls and rim joists to air seal and insulate while caulk seals the framing joints.
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Right - Walls and ceilings shared by the garage and living space must be air sealed and insulated.
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Right – A bead of sealant will form an airtight gasket between the top plate and drywall.
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Right – all seams in the rigid foam were sealed with tape before installing the wire lathe for stucco.
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Right – Apply sealant around penetrations through foundation walls and along foundation wall seams
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Right – Closed-cell spray foam insulation in the shared wall between the garage and living space helps to air-seal the wall and protect occupants from garage pollutants.
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Right – Coated OSB provides a weather-resistant air barrier for this envelope of this home.
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Right – Every seam and nail hole in these garage-to-house walls is sealed with tape.
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Right – Spray foam insulates the walls and ceilings separating the garage from the home.
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Right – Spray foam is used to carefully seal behind plumbing that was installed in an exterior wall.
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Right – Spray foam was installed at the sheathing intersection as well as the sill plate to sub-floor connection.
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Right – Tape and spray foam are used to air seal around pipes that extend through exterior walls.
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Right – the 2x6 walls are insulated with a flash-and-batt approach that includes spraying the wall cavities with one inch of open-cell foam to seal the sheathing to the framing then filling the wall cavities with R-19 fiberglass batts that are compressed
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Right – The base of the wall is water proofed and the seam between the base of the wall and the sidewalk is air sealed.
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Right – The builder constructed a mock up of the wall assembly for this multi-family building.
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Right – The rim joists above the pre-insulated basement walls are sealed and insulated with spray foam to prevent air leakage at this juncture in the building envelope.
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Right – The sill plate was sprayed with foam prior to installation atop foundation.
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Right – The window header is filled with spray foam and sealant is used to air seal wood-to-wood seams; however, it would be preferable to design the wall to avoid so many stacked studs around the windows because they prevent wall insulation installation.
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Right – This attic knee wall and the floor joist cavity openings beneath it are being sealed and insulated with spray foam.
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Right – This low-slope roof and parapet assembly has continuity of both the air and water barriers
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Right – Wiring holes in the exterior walls are sealed with canned spray foam to prevent air leakage into or out of the home.
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Right-- IR photo shows how effectively spray foam insulated/air sealed attic kneewall and the floor cavities under kneewall
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Right-Wall-insulating sheathing is extended up to roof rafters and sealed around the framing with spray foam