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Clean taping areas and install 3" tape on vertical joint of upper insulation overlapping the horizontal joint

Clean taping areas and install 3" tape on vertical joint of upper insulation overlapping the horizontal joint
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Clean the attic floor of debris prior to installing new attic insulation. Use baffles to provide a path for ventilation air entering the attic from the soffit vents

Clean the attic floor of debris prior to installing new attic insulation. Use baffles to provide a path for ventilation air entering the attic from the soffit vents
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Closed-cell backer rod is installed for air-sealing window and door rough openings.

Closed-cell backer rod is installed for air-sealing window and door rough openings.
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Closed-cell foam backer rod is installed into the rough opening around this existing window to provide air sealing.

Closed-cell foam backer rod is installed into the rough opening around this existing window to provide air sealing.
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Closed-cell foam pipe

Closed-cell foam pipe
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Closed-cell spray foam insulation is added to the wall cavities of an existing exterior wall

Closed-cell spray foam insulation is added to the wall cavities of an existing exterior wall
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CMU construction can be reinforced with vertical rebar and horizontal steel reinforcement (left) or unreinforced (right), depending on structural requirements

CMU construction can be reinforced with vertical rebar and horizontal steel reinforcement (left) or unreinforced (right), depending on structural requirements
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Coastal Habitats

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Code Compliant Portal Frames Built Right

Code Compliant Portal Frames Built Right
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Cold Climate Building Techniques & Concepts: Furring In an Outside Wall

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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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Cold-Climate Air Source Heat Pump Install Guide: Part 13 - Odds and Ends

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Collage showing air leak in existing porch wall with no air barrier and how air barrier was installed

Collage showing air leak in existing porch wall with no air barrier and how air barrier was installed
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Colleyville Eco House Prototype

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Common points of rodent entry and infestation around a home

Common points of rodent entry and infestation around a home
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Compartmentalization isolates each dwelling unit within a multistory multifamily building, preventing vertical and horizontal airflow between units

Compartmentalization isolates each dwelling unit within a multistory multifamily building, preventing vertical and horizontal airflow between units
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Compartmentalization isolates each dwelling unit within a rowhouse, preventing horizontal airflow between units

Compartmentalization isolates each dwelling unit within a rowhouse, preventing horizontal airflow between units
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Compartmentalization uses air sealing to reduce the stack effect in a multistory building - the large vertical pressure difference in a tall building is separated into smaller pressure differences at each floor

Compartmentalization uses air sealing to reduce the stack effect in a multistory building - the large vertical pressure difference in a tall building is separated into smaller pressure differences at each floor
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Complete water management strategy for a below-grade wall

Complete water management strategy for a below-grade wall
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Complete Window and Frame Replacement

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Completed wall retrofit of masonry home (on right) showing new lap siding attached over four inches of rigid foam; windows were boxed with plywood to accommodate depth of foam plus 1x4 furring strips

Completed wall retrofit of masonry home (on right) showing new lap siding attached over four inches of rigid foam; windows were boxed with plywood to accommodate depth of foam plus 1x4 furring strips
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Conceptual 2 foot module house drawing

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Conceptual 2 foot module house drawing