Professional Builder

When Size Matters
Proper HVAC sizing improves efficiency, health, comfort

Tips to Be Square
Proper training is the remedy for out-of-square windows and bad flashing

A Doctor in the House
Performance testing has given one Illinois remodeler an edge in his market -- and on the books

Advertorial

The Typar® Weather Protection System shields your homes, maximizes your investment.
As the best-performing housewrap on the market, Typar acts as a primary line of defense against the elements to keep wall cavities dry during construction, providing superior water holdout. It also acts as a secondary line of defense after the siding is up—to keep damaging moisture out for many years to come.

Typar® HouseWrap offers the best balance of water holdout and MVT.
If you looked inside your walls, what would you see? Framing lumber. Insulation. OSB. Housewrap. But you might be surprised to find something that shouldn’t be there: moisture.

Honeywell Advertorials

Benefits and Applications of Closed-Cell (High Density) Spray Foam Insulation — Part 1
Homebuyers want a lowe cost of ownership over the long-term. One of the best ways for builders to provide customer satisfaction—and profit from it—is to use COMFORT FOAM® closed-cell, spray-applied polyurethane foam: the only fully-tested, proven combination insulation and air barrier.

Solving Problems with Closed-Cell (High Density) Spray Foam Insulation — Part 2
More and more builders are using an insulation material that offers dramatic solutions to building problems: closed-cell spray foam (CC-SPF).

BASF Advertorials

Making Foam Pay: The dollars and sense of using the most efficient insulation and air barrier.
Homebuyers want a lowe cost of ownership over the long-term. One of the best ways for builders to provide customer satisfaction—and profit from it—is to use COMFORT FOAM® closed-cell, spray-applied polyurethane foam: the only fully-tested, proven combination insulation and air barrier.

Insulation is Not Enough: You can’t build a comfortable, energy efficient home without an effective air barrier.
Builders are under increasing pressure to produce beautiful, durable, sustainable, energy efficient homes. And while most strive to achieve these goals, many fall short on the fourth goal - energy efficiency – despite insulation over Code and high-efficiency HVAC designs. Why?

Application Case Study: Crawlspace Insulation Renovation
So, are all spray foam insulations created equal? Quite simply, the answer is no.

ZERODRAFT® Insulating Air Sealants Play a Key Role in BASF Near-Zero Energy Home-Paterson, N.J
ZERODRAFT® single- and plural-component insulating air sealants are making a key contribution to the building envelope system of the BASF Near-Zero Energy Home-Paterson, N.J.

BREAKING NEWS: Building America Launches Field Test Comparing COMFORT FOAM® with Traditional Systems
The study will include an evaluation of the speed and ease of installation, multiple short-term energy monitoring tests and air leakage and flow characteristics testing using a blower door, duct blaster and flow hood, as per RESNET standards.