Videos

Video animation showing an assembly sequence for a concrete crawl space wall with exterior insulation.

Video animation showing an assembly sequence for an unvented crawl space wall with interior insulation.

Video animation showing an assembly sequence for a concrete basement wall with exterior insulation

Video animation showing an assembly sequence for a concrete basement wall with interior spray foam insulation.

Video animation showing an assembly sequence for slab-on-grade foundation with stem wall and under slab insulation.

Video animation showing an assembly sequence for slab-on-grade foundation with integral grade beam and exterior insulation.

Video describing insulation adjacent to crawlspaces and the heat exchanges that result in cold areas like Alaska.

Video describing how to install a frost-protected shallow foundation.

Video from Home Innovation Research Labs on installing different insulation types in a closed crawlspace foundation.

Video describing how to warm up a chilly concrete wall with This Old House general contractor Tom Silva.

Video describing how to use foam insulation on masonry walls, and how to properly insulate the rim joist area with rigid foam and batt insulation.

Video of a contractor explaining details of properly framing a home in Seattle, WA using proper Hammer & Hand practices.

Video showing the installation of a foundation in a passive house.

Video describing the under slab and vapor barrier used on a passive house.

Video describing the EPS foam used to insulate the exterior of a passive house.

Video describing how to properly insulate crawlspaces.

Video describing an “excavationless” retrofit technique developed by the University of Minnesota to install exterior insulation around the foundation of an existing home by using high-pressure water to cut a trench through the dirt along the edge of a concrete foundation, remove the mud with a...

Video discussing the foundation details of a passive house.

Video describing crawlspace insulation configurations and problems that may arise in cold climates like Alaska.