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Cold Climate Building Techniques and Concepts: building a raised floor

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Cold Climate Building Techniques and Concepts: Cathedral Roofs

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Cold Climate Building Techniques and Concepts: Vapor retarder

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Column-to-Foundation Connection Detail, per Fortified Home

Column-to-Foundation Connection Detail, per Fortified Home
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Comfort ventilation focuses on airflow over occupants; in this example of wind-driven cross ventilation, the air is directed through the main occupied areas of the bedroom

Comfort ventilation focuses on airflow over occupants; in this example of wind-driven cross ventilation, the air is directed through the main occupied areas of the bedroom
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Commercially available “roof hatch” products provide an openable access to the roof for maintenance and emergency egress that meets code dimensional requirements

Commercially available “roof hatch” products provide an openable access to the roof for maintenance and emergency egress that meets code dimensional requirements
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Common methods for plywood shutter attachment to wood-frame and masonry walls.

Common methods for plywood shutter attachment to wood-frame and masonry walls.
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Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE and to add a second story.

Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE and to add a second story.
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Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE.

Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE.
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Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE.

Comparison of a building that sits below the Design Flood Elevation and renovated to be above the DFE.
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Comparison of backup power generation types - backup battery and generator.

Comparison of backup power generation types - backup battery and generator.
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Comparison of costs for preventing vs. repairing earthquake damage from unreinforced masonry chimney failure

Comparison of costs for preventing vs. repairing earthquake damage from unreinforced masonry chimney failure
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Comparison of potential motion detection ranges for a passive-infrared sensor and an ultrasonic sensor used for lighting controls

Comparison of potential motion detection ranges for a passive-infrared sensor and an ultrasonic sensor used for lighting controls
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Components and cross section of an underground fiberglass storage tank used for residential fire suppression.

Components and cross section of an underground fiberglass storage tank used for residential fire suppression.
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Components of a networked lighting system, their location, and communication (digital or analog) and wiring (wired or wireless) connections between each component.

Components of a networked lighting system, their location, and communication (digital or analog) and wiring (wired or wireless) connections between each component.
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Components of a residential underground concrete fire suppression cistern include a manhole, suction connection, vent, and fill pipes

Components of a residential underground concrete fire suppression cistern include a manhole, suction connection, vent, and fill pipes
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Composition shingle roofing system showing sheathing and hot-mopped underlayment

Composition shingle roofing system showing sheathing and hot-mopped underlayment
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Compost Erosion Control and Amended Soils for Construction Sites

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Comprehensive above-grade water management details for a crawlspace foundation include a capillary break over the crawlspace floor, slope the surface grade away, installing gutters that slope away, and capillary break under sill plate.

Comprehensive above-grade water management details for a crawlspace foundation include a capillary break over the crawlspace floor, slope the surface grade away, installing gutters that slope away, and capillary break under sill plate.
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Comprehensive water management features include a capillary break (≥ 6-mil polyethylene sheeting) at all crawlspace floors

Comprehensive water management features include a capillary break (≥ 6-mil polyethylene sheeting) at all crawlspace floors
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Concrete (4 inches thick at 5% slope) provides a pest-resistant perimeter around the foundation

Concrete (4 inches thick at 5% slope) provides a pest-resistant perimeter around the foundation
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Concrete pavers set in 4 inches of sand provide a pest-resistant ground break at the building perimeter.

Concrete pavers set in 4 inches of sand provide a pest-resistant ground break at the building perimeter.
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Concrete pier foundations can be used in place of wood piles in coastal areas where risk of erosion and scour is low.

Concrete pier foundations can be used in place of wood piles in coastal areas where risk of erosion and scour is low.
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Concrete slab-on-grade foundation with a turn-down footing insulated on its top surface, showing anchorage of the wall to the foundation for seismic resistance

Concrete slab-on-grade foundation with a turn-down footing insulated on its top surface, showing anchorage of the wall to the foundation for seismic resistance