Guide
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Guide describing how to insulate and air seal the floor joists over a garage when there is loving space above the garage.
Guide
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Guide describing the air-sealing of rim joists on walls connecting homes and attached garages.
Guide
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Guide describing how to upgrade walls that separate the garage from the house by providing a continuous air control layer on the garage side of the wall and adding rigid foam insulation.
Reference
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Report describing information for builders and retrofitters about eliminating hazards and coincidental energy losses that come from attached garages.
Reference
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Results from a research program testing airtightness, implications of air leakage and contaminant reduction over the garage-to-house interface.
Reference
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Information sheet about air barriers.
Guide
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Guide describing how to create an air barrier between the garage and the conditioned space above it to prohibit pollutants from entering a home's interior.
Reference
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Report comparing a high-performance house with a code-built control home.
Reference
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Document reporting results from a study done to evaluate effects of automotive emissions from attached garages on the indoor environment.
Guide
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Guide describing ways to air-seal an attached garage in new and existing homes.
Video
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Video showing how to retrofit or install attached structures to a home properly to comply with IBHS FORTIFIED Home requirements.
Guide
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Guide describing how to properly test the air barrier between the garage and house, and how to ensure the air barrier is tight enough to prevent garage air from entering the home.