(a heating climate is where you spend more money on heating your home in the winter than money spent cooling your home in the summer) Bath fans are an important part of ridding a house of excessive moisture that accumulates in the wet bathroom environment. Not only must they be installed and vented properly, they …
PROPER INSTALLATION OF CERAMIC TILE IN BATHTUB/SHOWERS
Houses move. The walls move differently from each other, the ceiling moves differently from the walls, and the floor moves differently from walls. If we add weight to a tub via a person and/or water, the movement is increased. These components don’t move a lot, but the significance is that they do move. If there …
PROPER WAY TO FINISH BASEMENT WALLS IN A HEATING CLIMATE
(a heating climate is where you spend more money on heating your home in the winter than money spent cooling your home in the summer) UNFINISHED BASEMENT WALLS – If the studded walls in the basement are left unfinished with only fiberglass insulation and visqueen (aka vapor barrier or plastic sheeting), there is a strong …
CRAWLSPACE VENTILATION
CRAWLSPACES – A crawlspace, especially one whose floor is lower than the exterior landscaping) should have a vapor barrier on the floor. This vapor barrier needs to be continuous and sealed to the exterior foundation wall in order to prevent water vapor or hydrostatically driven moisture from entering the interior of the home. In addition …
PROPER WAY TO ELIMINATE MOISTURE LADEN AIR PROBLEMS IN A HEATING CLIMATE
(a heating climate is where you spend more money on heating your home in the winter than money spent cooling your home in the summer) AIR LEAKAGE THROUGH WALLS AND CEILINGS – During the heating months, we have high vapor pressures and thermal forces forcing the warm air in our living envelope into wall cavities, …