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Dallas Green Building Blog
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Advanced Framing Techniques… or “How to build a better house” – Part2 of 7
Last week’s post on "Thermal Bridging" kicked off a series of articles that I have wanted to share for a long time. These articles cover issues, techniques and solutions related to how we build exterior walls and the impact of some of those decisions. Today’s article is about one of the solutions to minimize "Thermal Bridging" through Advanced Framing Techniques.
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Thermal Bridging
What is thermal bridging and why is it important in the homes we build?
The importance lies in the different materials we use to build our wall systems, how much of these materials we use and what conductivity these materials have. We all know that exterior walls have (or should have
insulation, and it’s purpose is to slow down movement of heat through our walls.