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My current 200 AMP electrical service attaches to the rear of my single-family house's second-story roofline, and passes over a single story addition. During an electrical inspection, the city inspector recommended that the service be raised up since anyone walking on the addition roof (or...

I'm doing a Manual J calculation (using version 7) for a two-story, with a finished basement, house. For the number of occupants (for sensible and latent heat gain), the example in the Manual J book specifies using one more person than the number of bedrooms in the house. But, my question...

I'll go first... When is a cardboard box a case? I recently ordered construction window shims from, Mr. Shims. He sells a kit of shims that contains a variety of sizes and which is described as: 'Our assortment kits are enclosed in a heavy duty cardboard box. Inside are placed 100ea...

am redoing the plaster walls in a room in my house in New York (I am also opening up the wall cavities to redo the electrical wiring). I don't expect to find any insulation in my 2x4 walls (house built in the 1920's). I was thinking about furring out the walls to a true 2 x 6", then cutting...