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Right: Brick veneer is flashed correctly with weep holes and a fine mesh screen is installed to prevent pest entry.
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Right: Ducts are completely buried beneath insulation to the depth specified in the plans
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Right: ductwork is fully encapsulated with ccSPF prior to ceiling installation and burial
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Right: Ductwork is installed in direct contact with lower truss cords. In this picture the main trunk is laying on the truss cords and branch ducts are temporarily held with strapping across truss cords. Ducts are well sealed with mastic
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Right: Flashing the butt joints in lap siding installations is a better practice than relying on caulk to seal the joints.
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Right: If existing straps are narrower than 1.5 inches, add sheet metal saddles to keep the duct from sagging and pinching
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Right: Maintenance valves are installed at the inlet and outlet of this central heat pump water heater
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Right: Refrigerant piping is sealed where it exits the return plenum
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Right: Sized per Approach 1, this heat pump will have minimal short-cycling; since sized using Approach 1, it will require backup heat when temp is below 30°F but could still contribute significant heating down to heating design temp (-6°F) and lower
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Right: Sized per Approach 3 or 4, this heat pump’s modulating zone has a large overlap with the home’s heating load line, resulting in minimal short-cycling; the unit may require a small amount of backup heat during the very coldest hours of winter.
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Right: Sized per Approach 3, this heat pump’s modulating zone has a large overlap with the home’s heating load line; it will require backup heating but could still contribute significant heating for all hours of the heating season
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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: This closet door for a heat pump water heater is louvered to allow warm air to enter and exhaust air to leave the closet
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Right: This heat pump water heater is in a basement within the thermal boundary but not actively conditioned. It has over 770 ft² of space with easy access to the control panel and clearance for airflow to the air intake (top) and exhaust (side)
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Right: This heat pump water heater is installed in a garage next to the furnace where there is a lot of space for accessing the unit, and for intake and exhaust; a foam pad insulates the base; the condensate line is correctly drained and pipe insulation
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Right: This heat pump water heater is installed in a laundry room with enough space for the control panel and vents to be clear of obstructions; The HPWH can use heat from the dryer to heat water, but the seismic straps should be lower
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Right: This heat pump water heater is installed in a small space so the, intake air is ducted from an adjacent room; the water heater since on a pad of foam insulation and has a good drain line configuration but the waterpipes lack insulation
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Right: This heat pump water heater is installed in a utility closet where it can use heat from the clothes washer and heat pump clothes dryer and has access to a floor drain for condensate
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Right: This house plan orients broad building surfaces away from the west and east, trees are used to shade the west and east, and large overhangs shade windows on the south wall
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Right: This vent was correctly flashed providing proper waterproofing detailing for this siding penetration.
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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 extends under the full slab and lines the inside edges of the foundation walls.
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Rigid foam forms an insulating bond break between the foundation wall and the slab
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Rigid foam insulated sheathing placed exterior to house wrap, interior to house wrap, or take the place of the house wrap
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Rigid foam insulates the interior of masonry walls behind the fireplace in this Building America home by Castle and Cooke in Winter Garden, Florida.
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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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Rigid foam insulation and a thin slab were installed over the dirt and gravel of this sealed crawlspace
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Rigid foam insulation applied to the crawlspace walls, allowing a 3-in. pest control inspection strip at the top
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Rigid foam insulation can serve as the drainage plane when all seams are taped. Furring strips provide an air gap behind the cladding.
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Rigid foam insulation is installed on the garage side of the shared garage wall and roof of an existing home
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Rigid foam insulation was installed at the perimeter of the one-level apartments before installing ceiling drywall to ensure a minimum R-21 attic perimeter insulation.
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Rigid foam provides the code-required insulation values for this floor and wall assembly so that fibrous cavity insulation can be avoided, reducing risk of floodwater damage
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Rigid foam serves as the sheathing on these 2x6 24-inch on center walls; plywood is used only at the corners for wind bracing.
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Rigid insulation and air-sealing can be used to thermally isolate garages from interior occupied space in multifamily row houses/townhouses.
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Rigid insulation and air-sealing can be used to thermally isolate garages from multifamily row houses/town houses with basement foundations in IECC Climate Zones 3 or higher.
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Rigid insulation and water control layers are installed on the exterior of a flat foundation wall; spray foam insulates the rim joist
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Rigid insulation can be used as a thermal break between a garage slab with a heated plenum space and a separately cast garage slab without a heated plenum space.
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Rigid mineral wool insulation is covered with ¼-inch wood battens which provides a air and drainage gap under the cedar and fiber cement siding.
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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.