Recent content by WindowsonWashington

Do you have conditioned air to supply to the crawl once you insulate it?

If you are looking at rigid board, the foam should, ideally, be to the outside of the home and would serve to help thermally uncouple the framing from the home. Where is the home located?

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Note to self. There must be something more solvent based in the Fire Rated foams. Good post and find.

Ouch. Is she okay?

Thanks for the follow up. I was considering a concrete driveway to replace my asphalt one that was poorly done. Good to know.

Any series of identification numbers on the valve housing? There should be a size indicator of some sort.

+1 to Neals advice. He is spot on...pardon the pun. Do not pressure wash it unless you are an expert with the wand.

I would throw OSI in that mix as well. See if you can clean the sealant before ripping it out.

Kev, We have a couple of really good techs on the site so I will wait for them to post up but in my very uneducated opinion, it sounds like an electronics/board issue.

Probably not as much genetic as just a passed down trade that is not as easily learned if you don't have some fundamentals in the trade to start with. The best carpenters that I have met are the sons and daughters of carpenters though. Its a dying craft as well.

Welcome to the forum as well. Where are you based out of?

As well as the information not being quite right either. Vapor barrier placements in hot humid climates (if at all) would be the exterior walls surfaces.

How old, what type, model, etc.

Pinholes don't make a difference in the vapor permeance rating except where the hole is. Good read: http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-003-concrete-floor-problems/?searchterm=slab%20vapor%20barrier Okay, so we don’t need the sand layer to handle the “curl&#8221...