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In the U.S., we tend to put a lot of faith in caulks, tapes, and wet-applied sealants. But in Europe it’s a different story.
Compressible gaskets keep air and water barriers continuous without liquid sealants or adhesive tapes. But they don’t all last equally well.
A beautiful map of amazing places, why FSC is still best wood certification, and the scary story of why you should still make your own file backups.
Finally fixing the basement drainage problems that have plagued my house for 30 years
When I bought the house in West Dummerston, Vermont, where my wife and I have lived for the past thirty years, one of the first things I did was fix the drainage problems that were dumping water into our basement….
Or so I thought. Let me explain.
Caulk joint sealants can be a major deciding factor in how long your building envelope lasts. Is there a better way to predict how long the sealants last?
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Oregon-based Viridian upcycles shipping waste to make stylish flooring, tabletops, veneers, and other products
Green Globes may have come out slightly ahead in a recent “alignment” report, but support for LEED is strong in the building industry.
When you use tape to seal a seam or flash a sill, you need peel-and-stick performance—not “stick-and-peel.”
This is part of an ongoing series. Read all the Sticky Business posts here.
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