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Last time on Building Resilience, we were cutting styrofoam, gluing the back, and sticking it to the walls in two crawlspaces, where we had already plopped it on the floor. That’s when we broke out the froth packs."Spray foam insulation. It’s a big part of how we build today, it’s one of the key ingredients in our building type.

House wrap that sticks to the wall eliminates cap staples and some window flashing

Sealing a crawlspace against bulk water and soil moisture using rigid foam and spray polyurethane foam

Transferring different loads through many engineered lumber beams is central to remodel framing

We're diving into the meaning of deconstruction and demolition, and we're doing it, too

Season 2 is back in Minneapolis for a large-scale retrofit of a 111-year-old house: Tightening up the envelope, adding durability to the shell, and dramatically improving the interior conditioning and IAQ

We were thrilled that Benjamin Obdyke chose to sponsor the show, but it meant that we had to get our story straight about how to pronounce their name...

Installing the snap-in exterior trim on the entry door can account for an out-of-plumb wall

Installing skirtboard, corners, window trim and utility blocks over two inches of foam insulation and rainscreen mesh