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2. The cheapest ways to build a house, and the most affordable ...

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   Prefab panels: Prefabricated panels are walls constructed in a factory and shipped to your home site. Building your interior walls in this manner can save on construction and labor costs.

3. Superinsulation - Wikipedia

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   The easiest way is often to add layers of continuous rigid exterior insulation, [7] and sometimes by building new exterior walls that allow more space for insulation. A vapor barrier can be installed outside the original framing but may not be needed. An improved continuous air barrier is almost always worth adding, as older homes tend to be ...

4. Scrim and sarking - Wikipedia

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   Scrim and sarking visible on a wall being renovated in Dunedin, New Zealand. Sarking (boards) are nailed to the beams of the house, and them scrim (loose-weave material) is stapled or nailed over it. Scrim and sarking is a method of interior construction widely used in Australia and New Zealand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

5. Building insulation material - Wikipedia

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   Insulation is a barrier material to resist/reduce substance (water, vapor, etc. ) /energy (sound, heat, electric, etc.) to transfer from one side to another. Heat/ Thermal Insulation is a barrier material to resist / block / reflect the heat energy (either one or more of the Conduction, Convection or Radiation) to transfer from one side to another.

6. Building insulation - Wikipedia

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   If the renovation is of a smaller nature, the renovation directive applies. Examples of renovation are post-insulation of a cavity wall and post-insulation of a sloping roof against the roof boarding or under the tiles. Note that every renovation must meet the minimum Rc value of 1.3 W/(m 2 ⋅K). If the current insulation has a higher ...

7. Spray foam - Wikipedia

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   Foam insulation serves as a barrier to airborne sounds, and reduces airborne sound transfer through a building's roof, floor and walls compared an uninsulated structure. [15] In the United States, homes treated with spray foam insulation often qualify for state and federal tax deductions. [16] Insulation of all types stops a good deal of energy ...