Avoiding negative pressure

I am in Zone 5a, CT.  My 1953 ranch house has no VAC (Heating with new Navien LP tankless water heater and rads).  The house is very humid almost year… I am in Zone 5a, CT.  My 1953 ranch house has no VAC (Heating with new Navien LP tankless water heater and rads). ...

Resiliency and Affordability, Can We Have Both?

The first of a limited series of blogs focusing on resiliency and affordability in residential construction The first of a limited series of blogs focusing on resiliency and affordability in residential constructionDesign, Affordability, ResiliencyRead...

What can be done about these attic ducts?

The ducts in the attached pictures are partially buried in R22 cellulose insulation.  The duct R-value is unknown but surely doesn’t reach R8.  I was hoping to, say, drape plastic-covered… The ducts in the attached pictures are partially buried in R22 cellulose...
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