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Greenstone Home Reference

Working notes on repairing, insulating and upgrading older masonry houses.

Insulation & Air Sealing

How heat and air actually leave an older house, and what changes inside a wall or roof once you slow them down.

Section cut through a masonry wall showing five numbered layers: outer masonry, batten zone, insulation, air barrier and internal finish, with a keyed legend. — A wall section read from outside in: outer masonry, the batten zone, the insulation, the continuous air barrier, and the internal finish.

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Where air leaks hide in an old house last worked on 2015-03-11
Insulating a brick wall from the inside last worked on 2015-02-02
Attic and roof insulation basics last worked on 2014-11-19

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