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To vent, or not to vent…that is the question:
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous moisture,
Or to take arms against them
And by opposing end them. To… Read More
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At the most basic level a building is an environmental separator – it keeps the outside out and the inside in. Why? Well, sometimes the outside sucks and we want to keep it from getting into the… Read More
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Imagine a world where the building code does not allow returns to be installed in closets to control mold and other contaminants. That would be insane right? Welcome to the real world.
Let me make… Read More
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Thirty years ago I said the moldiest buildings in the United States were air-conditioned hotels with vinyl wall coverings that operate under a negative air pressure….they literally “sucked”…. Not… Read More
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Five Integrated Pest Management Strategies to Consider Pests include insects and animals that have a harmful effect on humans, food or living conditions. Pests include insects, termites, ants,… Read More
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One of the most common foundation approaches to residential construction are concrete basements. They can be insulated on the inside or the outside. The basis of all basement foundations is as… Read More
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Ten years ago (“BSI-024: Vocabulary”, October 2009) I issued a challenge regarding water control layers asking folks for ideas regarding a performance metric for water control layers. I suggested… Read More
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Hospitals are not fun places to work in, and they are not fun places to build and design or to fix and repair. The stakes are often high. Nothing is more sobering than when someone dies because of a… Read More
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Spain gave Florida to the United States in exchange for the United States giving up any claims on Texas. We all know how that turned out. Nobody really wanted to live there except the Seminoles until… Read More
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Stop me if you heard this before. It was anything but easy when we tried this the last time.1 Not because it was hard, but because we didn’t know what we were doing.It is amazing to me that most… Read More
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