The following photographs of a current project in New Gloucester Maine highlight a few details that will have a dramatic positive effect regarding how comfortable this house will be, as well as less expensive to heat.
Intersecting wall framing techniques that allow full insulation to be installed in the outside wall cavity which eliminates an area of potential thermal transfer from conditioned to unconditioned space
Insulated window and door header assemblies with continuous rigid foam insulation
Wall corner construction that allows our blown in insulation to fully insulate this often neglected area
Even though we utilize foam sill seal gasket between the sill plate and foundation wall,
we also caulk this seam with silicon caulk
We will foam seal all sheathing panel edges as well as both sides of any wall stud where two panels meet and at the top and bottom plate
It only takes advanced planning, a little extra time and a few cans of DOW Pro foam to make a big difference.
When I hire the custom home builder for my home, I am going to make sure they are willing to do energy efficient. I didn't even know that things like corner insulation get neglected. I feel like a lot of your points in the post are not that difficult. It just goes back to high quality workmanship.
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