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Protect Your Home in a FLASH with Huber ZIP System Roof Sheathing and Tape

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Protecting Decks from Wildfires: Attached Deck (long version)

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Protecting Your Home From Wildfire

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Radon control techniques for basements, footing detail

Radon control techniques for basements, footing detail
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Radon control techniques for basements, sill detail

Radon control techniques for basements, sill detail
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Radon Mitigation in New Construction

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Radon vertical ventilation pipe system – basement construction

Radon vertical ventilation pipe system – basement construction
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Radon vertical ventilation pipe system – retrofit basement construction

Radon vertical ventilation pipe system – retrofit basement construction
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Resilient Seismic Design in Multi-Story Wood Buildings

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Retrofitting Your Home to Increase Wildfire Survival

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Right - A continuous layer of rigid foam insulation is installed against the foundation, and the perforated fiberglass insulation blanket is installed over that and covered with a semipermeable facing.

Right - A continuous layer of rigid foam insulation is installed against the foundation, and the perforated fiberglass insulation blanket is installed over that and covered with a semipermeable facing.
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Right - A corrugated metal closure conceals the exterior rigid insulation at the slab edge

Right - A corrugated metal closure conceals the exterior rigid insulation at the slab edge
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Right - A termite shield and a sill gasket are installed between the sill plate and the foundation on a raised slab foundation.

Right - A termite shield and a sill gasket are installed between the sill plate and the foundation on a raised slab foundation.
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Right - Air barrier is present and installed between the floor system and unconditioned space.

Right - Air barrier is present and installed between the floor system and unconditioned space.
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Right - All seams in the HVAC equipment and ductwork are sealed with mastic; because the HVAC equipment is in the garage, it is an air-sealed closet.

Right - All seams in the HVAC equipment and ductwork are sealed with mastic; because the HVAC equipment is in the garage, it is an air-sealed closet.
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Right - Basement with exterior XPS or EPS insulation and insulation under the basement slab.

Right - Basement with exterior XPS or EPS insulation and insulation under the basement slab.
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Right - Basement with interior semi-permeable XPS or EPS insulation.

Right - Basement with interior semi-permeable XPS or EPS insulation.
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Right - Below-grade concrete has been properly sealed against moisture and is now having insulation installed.

Right - Below-grade concrete has been properly sealed against moisture and is now having insulation installed.
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Right - Closed-cell spray foam covers the interior of the foundation wall and wall framing is placed to the inside of the spray foam.

Right - Closed-cell spray foam covers the interior of the foundation wall and wall framing is placed to the inside of the spray foam.
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Right - Closed-cell spray foam is used to retrofit an existing rubble basement foundation wall.

Right - Closed-cell spray foam is used to retrofit an existing rubble basement foundation wall.
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Right - Closed-cell spray foam was applied to the interior of a foundation wall.

Right - Closed-cell spray foam was applied to the interior of a foundation wall.
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Right - Concrete masonry unit (CMU) basement wall showing exterior insulation and sill detail; above-grade wall has sheathing to the inside of the rigid foam.

Right - Concrete masonry unit (CMU) basement wall showing exterior insulation and sill detail; above-grade wall has sheathing to the inside of the rigid foam.
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Right - Foam gasket installed beneath sill plate

Right - Foam gasket installed beneath sill plate
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Right - Foil-faced polyisocyanurate rigid foam board is tightly installed and sealed against a concrete foundation wall prior to installing fibrous blanket insulation.

Right - Foil-faced polyisocyanurate rigid foam board is tightly installed and sealed against a concrete foundation wall prior to installing fibrous blanket insulation.