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2. So, You Have a Water Stain on Your Ceiling—Here's What a ...

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   If it's on the ceiling of your top floor or right under the attic, it's probably a roof problem—things like damaged shingles, flashing, or clogged gutters letting water seep in, Russum says.

3. Building insulation - Wikipedia

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   Besides the walls and ceilings, the Australia energy code also requires insulation for floors (not all floors). [25] Raised timber floors must have around 400mm soil clearance below the lowest timbers to provide sufficient space for insulation, and concrete slab such as suspended slabs and slab-on-ground should be insulated in the same way.

4. Building insulation material - Wikipedia

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   It can be used as internal insulation : between studs, joists or ceiling rafters, under timber floors to reduce sound transmittance, against masonry walls or externally : using a rain screen cladding or roofing, or directly plastered/rendered, [24] over timber rafters or studs or masonry structures as external insulation to reduce thermal ...

5. Vapor barrier - Wikipedia

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   In most climates it is often better to have a vapor-open building assembly, meaning that walls and roofs should be designed to dry: [6] either to the inside, the outside, or both, so the ventilation of water vapor should be taken into consideration. A vapor barrier on the warm side of the envelope must be combined with a venting path on the ...

6. 6 of the Most Common Home Renovations — Are They Worth It ...

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   With home prices still on the rise in every region of the U.S., 63% of homeowners say they’d rather remodel their homes than move to renovated homes, according to an October survey by Clever ...

7. R-value (insulation) - Wikipedia

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   Installed faced fiberglass batt insulation with its R-value visible (R-21) [1]. The R-value (in K⋅m 2 /W) is a measure of how well a two-dimensional barrier, such as a layer of insulation, a window or a complete wall or ceiling, resists the conductive [2] flow of heat, in the context of construction. [3]