Water is weird…and I point this out in an admiring manner… Water by itself is weird…it is a “polar molecule think “tiny magnets”….but when it changes phase from a liquid to a solid or from a liquid…
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Ice dams happen when the outside temperature is below freezing, the roof deck temperature is above freezing, and there is snow on the roof. The warm roof deck causes the snow on top of the roof deck…
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When I was a young punk kid in my 20’s and thought I was a builder the local building official would show up on my project site before I screwed up - he kept me out of trouble - he taught me enough…
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How about hurricanes and nor’easters? But they are not common and buildings are expected to leak during these events. Buildings are not expected to blow away and people in them are not expected to…
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The Harvard School of Public Health is recommending that we maintain interior relative humidity between 40 and 60 percent during the winter (https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/op-ed-…
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Wood moves. Drywall does not move. Interesting problem. The more you attach drywall to wood, the more cracks you have. Easy, attach the drywall to less wood, and, in a way, that allows the wood to…
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Pests include insects and animals that have a harmful effect on humans, food or living conditions. Pests include insects, termites, ants, cockroaches, mice, rats and dust mites. We are not going to…
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