Attic Insulation Baffles and Their Importance20240402002116
Attic Insulation Baffles and Their Importance
Free air flow in attics is essential to keep humidity out of a house. For if we fail to attend to this housekeeping detail, then we may find ourselves...
Oriented Strand Board or Plywood20230221035254
Oriented Strand Board or Plywood
The price of solid timber keeps rising, while environmentalists tell us to use every scrap of tree we harvest. Plywood and oriented strand board (OSB)...
When Attic Ducting Starts Leaking20211228022352
When Attic Ducting Starts Leaking
When the ducting in your attic starts leaking, cracking, or whole joints pull away you could have several unfortunate events happening. This is becaus...
Proper Attic Ventilation Protects Your Roof20210608020932
Proper Attic Ventilation Protects Your Roof
Some folk think attic ventilation systems are just hot air. However, the truth is they extend your shingle life when properly installed, as well as ma...
Fitting Rigid Insulation Under Siding20210608020823
Fitting Rigid Insulation Under Siding
June 8, 2021benefits, cost, home, humidity, insulation, r factor, rigid, siding, thermal transfer0 comments
The vinyl and fibre board siding strips popular in Calgary have not kept pace with warmer and cooler seasons. They can no longer cope with cold winter...
Roof Venting the Clothes Dryer20210125064725
Roof Venting the Clothes Dryer
A clothes dryer generates considerable humidity when it tumbles the moisture out of wet clothes. Now while we may welcome the additional warmth in win...
Dew Point: Why Outside Walls Must Breathe20190306080701
Dew Point: Why Outside Walls Must Breathe
March 6, 2019attic ventilation, breathe, calculation, calgary, dew point, exterior walls, formula, humidity, solutions, temperature0 comments
The Dew Point (DP) is the temperature to which air must cool down before water vapour saturates it. If the air cools further, the moisture ‘overflows’...
Faulty Vapour Barriers Causing Unsightly Streaks20180905005404
Faulty Vapour Barriers Causing Unsightly Streaks
September 5, 2018barrier, barriers, condensation, damp, heat, humidity, proofing, siding, stains, transfer, vapour0 comments
What’s happening to this house. Something seems to have gone wrong and is causing those unsightly streaks. After you scroll down to view it, we&...