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Are you prepared with water in your Go Kit?

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ASES March Webinar: Uncoupling Solar Light and Heat in Passive Solar Design

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Asphalt shingle installation at roof ridges, hips, eaves, and rakes

Asphalt shingle installation at roof ridges, hips, eaves, and rakes
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Assemblysill details for a site built, refurbished window that includes a permanent interior storm window.

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Assemblysill details for a site built, refurbished window that includes a permanent interior storm window.
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Attic radiant barriers

Attic radiant barriers
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Attic ventilation can reduce the likelihood of ice dam formation by cooling the roof deck.

Attic ventilation can reduce the likelihood of ice dam formation by cooling the roof deck.
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Average Daily Solar Radiation Map.

Average Daily Solar Radiation Map.
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Average number of tornadoes per year across the United States

Average number of tornadoes per year across the United States
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Back to Basics: Termites and Building Construction

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Backflow prevention devices keep water and sewage from entering the home during a flood preventing damage and health and safety issues.

Backflow prevention devices keep water and sewage from entering the home during a flood preventing damage and health and safety issues.
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Backup generators usually run on gas, propane, or diesel-powered and typical sizes for homes generate 2,500 to 7,500 watts.

Backup generators usually run on gas, propane, or diesel-powered and typical sizes for homes generate 2,500 to 7,500 watts.
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Backwater Valve Installation

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Baffles provide an air space over the insulation to guide ventilation air from the soffit vents up along the underside of the roof deck

Baffles provide an air space over the insulation to guide ventilation air from the soffit vents up along the underside of the roof deck
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Balanced ventilation strategy for conditioned attic spaces

Balanced ventilation strategy for conditioned attic spaces
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Balloon-framed walls have no top plate to prevent air flow into wall cavity

Balloon-framed walls have no top plate to prevent air flow into wall cavity
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Base flood elevation and other parameters affected by flood depth.

Base flood elevation and other parameters affected by flood depth.
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Basement foundation insulated on interior with rigid foam.

Basement foundation insulated on interior with rigid foam.
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Batt insulation is not an effective air barrier

Batt insulation is not an effective air barrier
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Batt insulation should be cut to fit around wiring so that insulation can completely fill the wall cavity

Batt insulation should be cut to fit around wiring so that insulation can completely fill the wall cavity
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Battery-powered ceiling fans can run for eight or more hours

Battery-powered ceiling fans can run for eight or more hours
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BCD500 (Segment 1 of 3) Code Requirements for Fire and Sound

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Be Hurricane Ready: Secure Soffits

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Bees made a nest in the drainage plane behind a brick veneer wall by entering via unscreened weep holes

Bees made a nest in the drainage plane behind a brick veneer wall by entering via unscreened weep holes
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Berms are compacted earth or gravel ridges that slow the flow of water from rain, riverine flooding, or storm surges in coastal areas.

Berms are compacted earth or gravel ridges that slow the flow of water from rain, riverine flooding, or storm surges in coastal areas.