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No matter where you live, you will find housewrap being used on construction sites. It’s one of the most widely applied water and air barriers in modern home building. Unfortunately, house wrap is often installed poorly — blowing in the wind, loose seams, ripped or torn [...]
In this Field Guide to House Wrap & Seaming, we’ve gathered the most important installation and seaming tape tips to build quality, energy-efficient buildings. We will cover building code best practices, how to install house wrap (the right way), how to prevent common house wrap [...]
What are the realities of working with tape in Mid-Atlantic Region? How do mixed climate zones affect tape application and performance? What is the future of SIPs and tape? Is expandable tape a reality? In a recent conversation with Al Cobb, President of PanelWrights, we [...]
As the fourth quarter comes to a close, most of us are starting to look ahead to next year. And we seem to share the same questions: What will the real estate market be like in 2019? Will home prices keep rising, level off, or [...]
When tape moves off the shelf to the job site, how will it perform? What are the realities of working with tape in Deep South? How do Humid Climate Zones affect tape application and performance? What is the future of tape in home building? That’s [...]
No matter where you live in the US or Canada, it’s always building season. Which means that building pros don’t have the time to search the web for construction news, building trends, building code updates, and inspiration. Which is why we did the work for [...]
Expect the unexpected. That seems to be the encompassing lesson of 2016 and 2017, two years characterized by listings shortage, surging home prices, catastrophic weather events, stable mortgage rates, and relentless political noise. And yet while housing analysts continue to obsess over the minutiae, one [...]
America’s changing demographics impact almost every business in the country, creating opportunity for those willing to act. Those who don’t can fall quickly behind. Exciting new businesses, such as Uber and Airbnb, capitalized on these demographic shifts, and similar conditions exist in housing. But with [...]
With job creation at record levels, unemployment at a 17-year-low, relatively steady interest rates and increased interest from Millennial homebuyers, the International Builders’ Show was awash in a rosy glow. But for home builders, this market is a long way from normal and some experts [...]
Smartphones. Driverless cars. Artificial intelligence. Streaming television. All part of our daily 21st Century lives. But no technology will change things quite as dramatically as augmented reality (AR), which overlays images, video and games on the real world. Apple’s Tim Cook has likened AR’s game-changing potential to that of the [...]
It’s been a hot minute since we discussed off-site construction, but Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Michael are putting the “tiny homes” back into the spotlight. And for good reason. Sure, tiny houses have become trendy in recent years, as people trade in traditional consumer [...]
Hurricanes typically threaten the 18 states along the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico—from Texas to Maine. Besides injury and death, there is almost always millions, and sometimes billions, of dollars in property damage. But hurricanes aren’t the only storms driving high wind events. According [...]
