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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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Basic components of a gas tankless water heater include a high-powered burner, fan, and heat exchanger; condensing gas water heaters also have a secondary heat exchanger and a piped air intake to the sealed combustion chamber

Basic components of a gas tankless water heater include a high-powered burner, fan, and heat exchanger; condensing gas water heaters also have a secondary heat exchanger and a piped air intake to the sealed combustion chamber
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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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Because flue temperatures are cool, intake and exhaust ducts on a Category 4 direct-vent sealed-combustion condensing furnace can be made of PVC

Because flue temperatures are cool, intake and exhaust ducts on a Category 4 direct-vent sealed-combustion condensing furnace can be made of PVC
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Because heat pump clothes dryers recycle the hot air in the drum rather than venting it, they use 70% less energy than conventional electric clothes dryers while drying clothes in the same amount of time

Because heat pump clothes dryers recycle the hot air in the drum rather than venting it, they use 70% less energy than conventional electric clothes dryers while drying clothes in the same amount of time
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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.
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Berms, swales, bioswales, ridges, and vegetation all help to control rainwater runoff on residential sites.

Berms, swales, bioswales, ridges, and vegetation all help to control rainwater runoff on residential sites.
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Bioswales or rain gardens filter storm water through vegetation and rock and sand substrate layers.

Bioswales or rain gardens filter storm water through vegetation and rock and sand substrate layers.
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Blocking is installed above the refrigerator to keep it from tipping forward.

Blocking is installed above the refrigerator to keep it from tipping forward.
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Braced wall lines in a typical house plan, Figure R602.10.1.1 in the IRC

Braced wall lines in a typical house plan, Figure R602.10.1.1 in the IRC
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Bracing of timber pile foundations.

Bracing of timber pile foundations.
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Brackets and straps anchor a shear wall to the bottom plate and band joist.

Brackets and straps anchor a shear wall to the bottom plate and band joist.
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Brackets are used to child-proof drawers and cabinets.

Brackets are used to child-proof drawers and cabinets.
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Breaking wave pressure distribution against a vertical wall.

Breaking wave pressure distribution against a vertical wall.
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Brick veneer framed wall supported by a 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

Brick veneer framed wall supported by a 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
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Brick veneer is supported by a concrete stem wall thermally separated from the slab-on-grade foundation with turn-down footing which is also insulated on top; anchorage for seismic resistance is also shown

Brick veneer is supported by a concrete stem wall thermally separated from the slab-on-grade foundation with turn-down footing which is also insulated on top; anchorage for seismic resistance is also shown
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Builders Challenge Technology Information Packages - Cold Climate: Chicago

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Building A Safer House

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Building Alaska's Next Generation Housing

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Building America Case Study: Simplified Air Distribution, Desuperheaters, and Sub-Slab Geothermal Heat Exchangers