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 625 - 648 of 748 results:

Image:

This exterior vent has a single flap that opens when the bathroom exhaust fan is running and air is being exhausted outside

This exterior vent has a single flap that opens when the bathroom exhaust fan is running and air is being exhausted outside
Image:

This exterior wall retrofit permits drying to the exterior of a sill plate installed on an untreated flat foundation wall

This exterior wall retrofit permits drying to the exterior of a sill plate installed on an untreated flat foundation wall
Image:

This exterior wall retrofit permits drying to the exterior of a sill plate installed on an untreated irregular foundation wall

This exterior wall retrofit permits drying to the exterior of a sill plate installed on an untreated irregular foundation wall
Image:

This home constructed in a V Zone in Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, had the bottom beam of the lowest floor at the BFE (dashed line) but the estimated wave crest during Hurricane Ike was 3 to 4 feet higher (solid line).

This home constructed in a V Zone in Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, had the bottom beam of the lowest floor at the BFE (dashed line) but the estimated wave crest during Hurricane Ike was 3 to 4 feet higher (solid line).
Image:

This home has a cost-saving shallow frost-protected foundation that uses rigid foam laid vertically at the base of the 16-inch-deep footers to protect the foundation from frost damage.

This home has a cost-saving shallow frost-protected foundation that uses rigid foam laid vertically at the base of the 16-inch-deep footers to protect the foundation from frost damage.
Image:

This home is heated with in-floor hydronic radiant heating tubes that were installed on top of the R-20 rigid foam under-slab insulation.

This home is heated with in-floor hydronic radiant heating tubes that were installed on top of the R-20 rigid foam under-slab insulation.
Image:

This home was designed with continuous roof vents and few roof penetrations, allowing more room for the solar shingles that integrate with the asphalt shingles installed to meet IBHS Fortified Roof criteria for increased resistance to high winds and rain

This home was designed with continuous roof vents and very few roof penetrations, allowing more room for the solar shingles that integrate with the asphalt shingles installed to meet IBHS Fortified Roof criteria for increased resistance to high winds and wind-driven rain.
Image:

This home was elevated above the Design Flood Elevation and the pre-existing first story became the second story.

This home was elevated above the Design Flood Elevation and the pre-existing first story became the second story.
Image:

This hood covers an exhaust vent for a bath fan exterior vent; this hood is improperly installed and the top does not lap under the siding so water can easily get behind it

This hood covers an exhaust vent for a bath fan exterior vent; this hood is improperly installed and the top does not lap under the siding so water can easily get behind it
Image:

This house design in the Hot-Humid climate uses a slab foundation, masonry walls, and an Exterior Insulation Finish System (EIFS) cladding.

This house design in the Hot-Humid climate uses a slab foundation, masonry walls, and an Exterior Insulation Finish System (EIFS) cladding.
Image:

This house slid off its post-and-pier foundation in an earthquake.

This house slid off its post-and-pier foundation in an earthquake.
Image:

This house with an insulated slab is protected from pests with a termite shield at the sill plate, borate-treated framing, insect screen covering bottom of furring air gap, and brick veneer over slab-edge insulation

This house with an insulated slab is protected from pests with a termite shield at the sill plate, borate-treated framing, insect screen covering bottom of furring air gap, and brick veneer over slab-edge insulation
Image:

This house with interior insulated crawlspace is protected from pests with termite shield at sill plate, borate-treated framing, flashing at end of wall insulation, and a termite inspection gap at the top of the rigid foam

This house with interior insulated crawlspace is protected from pests with termite shield at sill plate, borate-treated framing, flashing at end of wall insulation, and a termite inspection gap at the top of the rigid foam
Image:

This is a soffit vent; it provides ventilation for a vented attic

This is a soffit vent; it provides ventilation for a vented attic
Image:

This is the ceiling vent for a basic bathroom exhaust fan

This is the ceiling vent for a basic bathroom exhaust fan
Image:

This left-to-right sequence shows the method of wall extension to flood-proof a masonry house on a slab foundation. Here the new, raised floor is wood-framed over a wet-floodproofed crawlspace, but using fill to create a new raised slab is also an option.

This left-to-right sequence shows the method of wall extension to flood-proof a masonry house on a slab foundation. Here the new, raised floor is wood-framed over a wet-floodproofed crawlspace, but using fill to create a new raised slab is also an option.
Image:

This louvered vent cap works well for clothes dryer vent ducts because it has no screening that could trap dryer lint

This louvered vent cap works well for clothes dryer vent ducts because it has no screening that could trap dryer lint
Image:

This narrow bottle brush was an effective tool for removing the debris between the blades of this bathroom exhaust fan

This narrow bottle brush was an effective tool for removing the debris between the blades of this bathroom exhaust fan
Image:

This plumbing pipe is wrapped with a stainless steel mesh skirt that is clamped to the pipe before the concrete slab is poured to to keep out bugs and rodents

This plumbing pipe is wrapped with a stainless steel mesh skirt that is clamped to the pipe before the concrete slab is poured to to keep out bugs and rodents
Image:

This poured concrete foundation failed due to use of incorrect concrete mix.

This poured concrete foundation failed due to use of incorrect concrete mix.
Image:

This raised-slab CMU and brick foundation includes flood-resistant features such as a sloped grade, capillary break under the slab (gravel or sand), vapor barrier under the slab (polyethylene sheet), and capillary break at the top of the foundation wall

This raised-slab CMU and brick foundation includes flood-resistant features such as a sloped grade, capillary break under the slab (gravel or sand), vapor barrier under the slab (polyethylene sheet), and capillary break at the top of the foundation wall
Image:

This raised-slab poured concrete foundation includes flood-resistant features such as a sloped grade, capillary break under the slab (gravel or sand), vapor retarder under the slab (rigid insulation), and capillary break at the top of the foundation wall

This raised-slab poured concrete foundation includes flood-resistant features such as a sloped grade, capillary break under the slab (gravel or sand), vapor retarder under the slab (rigid insulation), and capillary break at the top of the foundation wall
Image:

This solar powered attic fan runs when the sun is shining and does not draw any power from the home’s electrical system

This solar powered attic fan runs when the sun is shining and does not draw any power from the home’s electrical system
Image:

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.

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.