Green Homes News

Excuse the drawing, it's crude and not to scale, but I'm limited cad-wise as I'm away from home right now.  The bump out is about 1ft, the dimension got displaced…

Zone 7A new construction. See attachment. Rear of house faces Southeast. Majority of the house is 6/12, chord trusses (18" & 24"), R60 (cellulose or Comfortbatt) and is vented and…

GO Logic achieves Phius certification for the first passive, energy-efficient industrial building in the U.S.

I recently purchased what’s advertised as the best Towel Warmer, and while I’m generally satisfied with it so far, I’d really like to hear honest feedback from real users. If…

Installing warmboard in a few days and we are wondering if laying down a reflective barrier ontop of the plywood subfloor before putting the warmboard down would do anything to…

We are building a breezeway home with corrugated metal siding over coravent rainscreen and currently working with the sider on how to detail the breezeway area. Specifically the area where…

We are building a house in Wisconsin and went with Intello for our air barrier. What we are now trying to determine is whether we should use a specialty paint…

So I’m kinda freaking out a little and could really use some advice. My little hedgie, Noodle, has been super stressed and weirdly inactive lately, and I’m starting to think…

We finished our climate zone 6, 1200sf, Pretty Great House!It was ready for our family of 8 to move in after less than four months of construction, the project came…

I am presently building a completely off-grid tiny house and utility shed and I'm trying to figure out how best to handle the situation with load calculations.  We have are already…

The key questions that reveal hidden costs, warranty gaps, and whether a solar provider is truly reputable

I am having a hybrid timber frame home built for us in southeastern Pennsylvania (currently Zone 5, but may drop to Zone 4 with new IRC).  The core of the…

I’m planning the foundation for a project next year and would like to pair the benefits of a FPSF (minimal excavation, less concrete, less complicated forms I can build ourselves,…

I prefer to have an non vented roof without exterior insulation because of the high cost.What do your think of 2-3 inches of closed-cell sprayed insulation between the trusses on…

New construction - Wisconsin. Contractor buried a polyethylene pipe from city to home telling me more trusted than copper. Not sure how I feel about that.looking for advice about pipes…

A foundation in the works is faced with an essential question.

This has been years in the making...I am on a personal mission to get to the bottom of the difference(s) between icicles forming on a house and the presence of…

Hi, I’m insulating my rim joists soon in zone 5a. I’ve decided on EPS foam for its vapor permeability and to allow drying in my very old home. I also…

I'm thinking out loud here, and thinking far ahead.  Mostly thinking about sequencing and labor.I've got a CZ3 house with Thermoply, and am starting to plan a small addition combined…

I have two Panasonic intelli balance 100s,They are direct ducted to the bedrooms. 1 serves 4 bedrooms and is silent- there is no way to tell it's on. This is served…