Skip to main content

Resources

Explore a library of home construction and renovation guidance and easily search through galleries containing hundreds of building science-related photos, drawings, videos, CAD files, case studies, and presentations.

Filter

View Library

Showing 409 - 432 of 703 results:

Image:

Plan view (from above) showing how the existing garage wall gypsum board is cut away to air-seal the shared wall before adding rigid foam insulation on the garage and exterior walls of the home.

Plan view (from above) showing how the existing garage wall gypsum board is cut away to air-seal the shared wall before adding rigid foam insulation on the garage and exterior walls of the home.
Image:

Plumbing riser detail

Plumbing riser detail
Image:

Plumbing riser detail for solar thermal systems

Plumbing riser detail for solar thermal systems
Image:

Porch roofs, pergolas, and large overhangs can effectively shade windows and doors facing south, southeast, southwest, or even due east or west for most of the day if the overhang is very deep and sufficiently wide.

Porch roofs, pergolas, and large overhangs can effectively shade windows and doors facing south, southeast, southwest, or even due east or west for most of the day if the overhang is very deep and sufficiently wide.
Image:

Press the blind assembly into the mounting brackets per manufacturer’s instructions.

Press the blind assembly into the mounting brackets per manufacturer’s instructions.
Video:

Protect Your Home from High Wind and Earthquakes

Video:

Protecting Decks from Wildfires: Attached Deck (long version)

Image:

Provide for pressure balancing between bedrooms and the rest of the house.

Provide for pressure balancing between bedrooms and the rest of the house.
Image:

Pulling flex duct taut when installing greatly reduces the amount of friction caused by the ducting

Pulling flex duct taut when installing greatly reduces the amount of friction caused by the ducting
Video:

Pumpkin Ridge Passive House Video #016: Larsen Truss With Vapor Permeable Agepan

Video:

Pumpkin Ridge Passive House Video #15: Window Install Prep & Air Sealing

Image:

PV module installation

PV module installation
Image:

PV system drawing example

PV system drawing example
Image:

Quality installation and commissioning are critical to optimizing heat pump performance.

Quality installation and commissioning are critical to optimizing heat pump performance.
Video:

QuickFlash Wall Penetration Flashing Installation

Image:

R-6 flexible duct has 2 inches of insulation around the inner liner so a 12-inch duct requires a 16x16-inch chase

R-6 flexible duct has 2 inches of insulation around the inner liner so a 12-inch duct requires a 16x16-inch chase
Image:

Recommended hip roof framing

Recommended hip roof framing
Image:

Remove the plastic wrap, but not the cardboard frame, before installing the furnace/air handler filter in the filter slot or above the return grate; note, the metal wire over the filter fabric can be very sharp.

Remove the plastic wrap, but not the cardboard frame, before installing the furnace/air handler filter in the filter slot or above the return grate; note, the metal wire over the filter fabric can be very sharp.
Image:

Research by the Florida Solar Energy Center showed that light-colored and reflective roofs reduced cooling energy consumption by 18%-26%, reduced peak energy demand for cooling by 28%-35%, and reduced attic temperatures by 20°F.

Research by the Florida Solar Energy Center showed that light-colored and reflective roofs reduced cooling energy consumption by 18%-26%, reduced peak energy demand for cooling by 28%-35%, and reduced attic temperatures by 20°F.
Image:

Residential safe room with grouted CMU and continuous vertical reinforcement.

Residential safe room with grouted CMU and continuous vertical reinforcement.
Image:

RESNET Grade I installation of spray foam insulation

RESNET Grade I installation of spray foam insulation
Image:

Return box has been properly sealed with mastic

Return box has been properly sealed with mastic
Image:

Return box has not been sealed

Return box has not been sealed
Image:

Return duct has been properly sealed with mastic

Return duct has been properly sealed with mastic