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Farmhouse renovation.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

Publication: Home Energy
Publication Date: 01-SEP-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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We are renovating a 1910 two-story farmhouse-style home in Oakland. On the advice of our first (and now former) contractor, we took off the plaster to the studs with the intention of adding insulation on the outside walls (as well as rewiring and replumbing).

Here's the problem: The walls...

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...outside are redwood and there is no vapor barrier between the siding boards and the studs. There is significant leakage during storms. This did not create...

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