Building a Custom Home (Part 6: Halo Exterra Foam & Rainscreen Install) | Buck Robertson Contracting
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2021
- This is Part 6 of our "Building a Custom Home" series. In this video, we talk about Halo Exterra foam and why it is important in preventing thermal bridging and how it helps with permeability; we also talk about the importance of Rainscreen and its advantages in the building envelope.
And we once again show off the tool Bissett lent us, as we use it for our Rainscreen.
***This is not a paid promotion for either Bissett or Logix Brands (Halo Exterra) - we are just grateful that Bissett lent us their product, and we liked using the Halo Exterra foam from Logix Brands.
CZcams channel for Logix Brands (Halo Exterra):
/ logixtube
CZcams channel for Bissett:
/ @bissettfasteners
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Love how this home is coming along! Well done!
Thank you very much for showing your support.
So that I don’t have an answer for depends on where you live. But if you can find a metal fabricator that builds flashings would be a good place to start. Even if you know some one with a metal break you could always order in a sheet of the perforated metal and get them to bend it for you. I think we paid about $17 or something like that a stick. Which was about 10’ long. It was a while ago so that is a bit of a guess but something around there. Make sure it is a J bend over a L bend so it has more structural integrity would be my suggestion.
The stairs looked fantastic! I need to follow along and see what you have planted in that wall. Very cool
Thank you so much in the final video we have shots of the plants growing through and now starting to finish off landscaping
@@buckrobertsoncontracting looking forward to catching up on some of your videos. tHanks.
Great video, are the 1x4’s attached to the stud
s or just the sheathing?
So they are attached to studs where it worked and we added 2/2 where it didn’t work. We did advanced framing on the project and also had bracewall panels
Can you install that Halo exterra indoor? I know they have another product "Interra" but not available in my store. Thank you!
I would contact manufacturers
Do bugs go up to attic then?
We needed to get a custom bug screen for the bottom which is attached at the face of the sheathing past the foam and then turn up the outside of the rain screen sealing it off at the bottom of the wall. But good question and we did need to do some out of the box thinking to deal with that detail and get it right
So why do you tape the seams when there is holes in the material?
manufacturer's specifications as well as it stops bulk water from getting behind the Halo Exterra. The small holes which are punched into the material as very small which allows for vapor drive to happen but not infiltration of bulk water. Does that make sense now that I have explained it more? If you have more questions let me know and I am happy to answer them. I hope you are having a great day and thank you so much for watching the video I am happy this video is still making its rounds on youtube. By chance do you know what you were searching for when you had seen this video?
I'm sitting on my hands with a siding repair project. I want to put 1" foil faced foam under my existing siding.
Rain wall...got it, Using different trim around windows, corners etc...got it, . What I don't follow is whether I'm adding a vapor barrier outside...and whether I should tape...or not tape the foil.
Should the foil face be poked so it can release vapor?
I made a video about all this.....I'm still searching for answers, people have mixed feelings.
Any thoughts? Happy Thanksgiving. Stay warm!!!
Depends on where you live(climate zone) also depends on your wall assembly understanding what layers you have in place. Something to think about is if water does get in does it have a place to get out through.
@@buckrobertsoncontracting Mid Atlantic Humid. I'm working in two locations with the same idea. The details vary a bit.
The first place has drywall with some insulation underneath. The question for me is whether that insulation is a paper face bat. (1960s construction).
DuPont makes the panels I have, they also make Tyvek. They, via phone, suggested the panels with no tape, and Tyvek wrap over top.
Others say the foil face cannot have Tyvek over it because the radiant barrier won't work.
I'm getting closer, but I'm still not at the solution. I would like to tape up the foil panels.....maybe put the house wrap under them. Others say foam doesn't work outside.
It is all fascinating science but filled with road blocks.
tHanks for the reply. One of the projects is in my videos.
@@Dancing_Alone_wRentals do you have a energy advisor in your area on a building envelope engineer you could bounce your idea off of for your area? Doing well exterior insulation definitely work.
@@buckrobertsoncontracting I imagine we do, at least in one of the areas, however I expect they would arrive with fees attached. Rightfully so.
I have a unique situation where I can fix up small homes and make them available to local police officers or veterans, single retirees etc. The homes would be priced below market rate for rent. However, I need the homes to be much better on energy use otherwise the cost to live in the homes will still be too high.
Currently they are un insulated 2/4 frame over crawl space.
In order to help others, I'm going to have to forgo the hired specialists until some income drips in.
It will in time. For now, I'm on my own.......well, me and and the Internet,.
@@Dancing_Alone_wRentals This is exactly what an energy advisor could help you with and would be worth spending the money on as they would model your house and tell you what would make the most sense. By code here we need to have them on board for our project. Your might even beable to get some government grants to help pay for it. Also, do to your situation they might work with you for a lesser fee. The group you are targeting has a huge amount of people in it that might be favorable to the energy advisor in getting his/her name out there. We spend about 500-2500 on a project depending on the level of detail you are looking for or what the government might need for paperwork for grants.
How did you buck out the windows?
It was with 2/4 if I remember correctly and it was then ripped down to suit the window buck, then nailed it through to the opening using the 4 1/2 spiral nails to make sure it could support the load of the window.
Can you please share the reference of your bug screen?
If I understand you correctly you are asking why are we using bug screen? If so it is a metal perforated screen at the bottom of the wall which is attached at the sheathing and goes out to the end of our rain screen. It makes sure bugs have a much harder time getting into the wall assembly.
Please let me know if this helps answer your question or if I completely missed the mark?
@@buckrobertsoncontracting Thanks for replying. I do understand why you are using them. I just want to buy one which is deep enough to support Halo Exterra 2" + the rain screen but, somehow, I have a hard time finding that. Are they custom made?
Why would you take all that time to put extra insulation on the outside of the house if you’re just gonna have an open attic space? Why would you not seal the entire envelope of the house and have a nice conditioned attic with the same envelope of insulation throughout.
On this project it made sense for the air barrier to run up the concrete wall,then up the exterior face of the building run along the ceiling plane and the same thing down the other side. If you want to watch more of the videos you will see that we had taken all our HVAC and brought those inside the air barrier as well so we didn't have heat loss. We have all our roofs around here are trusses so to think that using your attic as a storage space doesn't hold much value. We had R50 in the ceiling which is above code here and this house has monthly energy bills of between $50-$80 so I feel this was a success. Please share more if you still feel this was the wrong approach for this home