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    Is foam insulation or radiant barrier inas good or better than fiberglass insulation?

    Do you mean radiant barrier on insulation. A radiant barrier does not insulate, it reflects radiation. A radiant barrier needs an air space at least 1-2" on one side of it. If you use an insulation with a radiant barrier glued to it, then put ceiling tiles on top of that, it will do no good...
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    House skirt vents

    Dan I have an inlaw who is a framer who built his own house, pear & beam with concrete skits enclosing the bottom. Same as your dads. He did not put any vents in the skirts AT ALL. He would not listen to me to vent the foundation. He also did not want cold air under his house. The house...
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    Tilson Home's cracked concrete garage

    When we signed off on our new house there were hairline cracks in the concrete floor of the garage. They were explaned as expansion cracks BUT there was a pattern to them. The garage is ~24 wide and the the two most noticable ones were running parallel to each other, and the house, from the...
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