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The December 2006 Question and Answer podcast
Sunday, December 10th, 2006If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Welcome to the December 2006 “Building Green” podcast. This is my monthly Q&A session where I answer your green building and straw bale construction questions. This month I answer the following questions:
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Window and Door Flashing
Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Perhaps the most important aspect of straw bale building has nothing to do with bales. In fact, it has everything to do with holes in the walls. Windows and doors present the most likely areas for water infiltration and bale damage in the entire house. For this reason it is extremely important to pay extra attention to these areas during construction. For windows, I use two part flashing. The first is called counter flashing and is put in place before the window or door is set in the opening.
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