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Right – Chase capped with rigid air barrier and duct work penetrations properly sealed
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Right – Closed-cell spray foam insulates and air-seals the rim joist above a shared wall between the garage and living space.
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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 – Even house wrap is installed in the factory for these modular homes where each floor is factory assembled.
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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 – Fan with a cleanly cut and properly sized hole has been air sealed to drywall
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Right – Flex duct is properly connected to metal duct with a duct tie and connection is mastic sealed
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Right – Interior wood-to-wood seams around a window are sealed with tape to prevent air leakage.
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Right – Joists between floors are air sealed to the ceiling drywall with canned spray foam along each joist-to-drywall-seam.
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Right – Metal or fiberboard duct is mastic sealed at junction with duct register box
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Right – Several potential sources of air leakage into the attic have been air sealed; canned spray foam was used to seal around duct boots, along seams in the drywall, and along top plates.
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Right – Some tape is pressure sensitive; a roller is used to apply even pressure to ensure full adhesion.
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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 air- and water-barrier material lining the shower stall is mastic sealed to prevent leakage and rigid foam insulation is installed on the floor of the shower.
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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 energy rater used a window to test whole-house air leakage with this blower door testing equipment.
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Right – The exhaust fan duct is sealed to the fan with mastic and the fan opening is covered with cardboard to keep out dust during construction.
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Right – The hard metal ducts are located in conditioned space between floor joists and all seams are sealed with approved metal tape.
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Right – The insulating enclosure over this non-IC rated recessed light fixture is centered and air sealed
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Right – The joint between the foundation wall and the mud sill is thoroughly sealed with a liquid-applied sealant.
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Right – The PEX piping and sink drain of this bathroom sink are fitted with escutcheons that help to air seal around the pipes and prevent pest entry.
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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 rough opening around the window has been filled with low-expansion foam to air seal.
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Right – The rough opening around window has been filled with backer-rod to air seal.
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Right – The seams are taped on the coated OSB sheathing of this home to provide a complete air barrier.
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Right – The sill plate was sprayed with foam prior to installation atop foundation.
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Right – The top of the enclosure over this recessed can light remains clear of attic insulation
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Right – The top plate-to-dry wall seams of the interior walls are sealed from the attic.
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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 ICAT recessed light is sprayed with foam to act as gasket against the drywall.
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Right – This low-slope flat roof assembly has continuity of both the air and water barriers
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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 – This supply duct is thoroughly sealed at all joints with mastic to prevent air leakage and the duct is equipped with a damper to provide zoned heating and cooling along with other trunk ducts.
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Right – Weatherstripping has been installed and remains in contact when the door is closed.
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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- The rigid foam sheathing is taped at all seams before installing the metal lathe for stucco cladding.
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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
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Right: A well-constructed air handler closet
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Right: Air seal all seams in the return air plenum before installing a new air handler
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Right: Refrigerant piping is sealed where it exits the return plenum
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Right: Spray foam air seals and insulates raised ceiling duct chase
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Right: The bottom of the air handler cabinet is well sealed to the return platform
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Right: The plenum liner is well sealed to the filter-backed grille
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Right: Use mastic to air seal the return air plenum and to seal around refrigerant lines coming from the slab in the floor of the return
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Rigid foam insulating sheathing installed over an existing garage ceiling with retrofits to air seal exterior wall before adding exterior wall insulating sheathing
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Rigid foam insulating sheathing is installed on existing garage ceiling and covered with a new gypsum board fire protection layer installed over the foam.
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Rim joists are insulated with R-20 of open-cell spray foam which is air sealing and insulating but vapor permeable.
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Run-out duct is sealed with mastic
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