2018年12月6日 · But the sill plate is part of a conditioned crawl space system so needs to be air sealed. Best practices for sill plates, from everything I’ve read here include – make sure …

2021年1月13日 · My issue is the 2-3” strip on the top of the concrete wall and the sill plate. I had planned to also use strips of the polyiso in this area but it is proving very difficult to get good …

2022年5月18日 · Mudsills, or sill plates, or sole plates, as they are referred to in Chapter 4 of the the International Residential Code (IRC), are the first piece of framing lumber installed on most …

2022年9月7日 · That will descend to the top of the stem-walls, and one easy way to terminate it is to run a bead of either acoustical sealant or Contega HF on the intersection of the concrete …

2024年10月24日 · Hill_Builder, Another option is a gasket on the underside of the plate. Whether it's even necessary depends on where your primary air-barrier is. If it's the sheathing then you …

2009年3月9日 · The reason is simple: sill sealer. The light blue sill sealer installed between the bottom plate and concrete (most likely for air sealing) in the top photo is closed-cell foam. It’s …

2020年9月18日 · I have searched and read many threads on the discussion of using sill seal/owen foam/EPDM gaskets + some type of sealant/liquid flashing between foundation and …

2021年1月19日 · Long time reader, first time poster. I am using 2 inch XPS and spray foam to insulate my rim joists with R15 unfaced mineral wool on the warm side. My sill plate is sitting …

2024年8月26日 · While doing this grading work, I realized that the builder did not raise the concrete foundation wall high enough out of the ground in the back of the house resulting in …

2010年1月11日 · "The way we’ve been doing that is through a “header wrap” detail where we run inexpensive, 9” wide black non-adhesive six mil poly “window wrap” between the sill seal and …