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Tapes are not the only way to flash a rough opening; you can also use Zip System liquid flash, which will create a seamless barrier to water and air where […] The post Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Rough Openings with Liquid-Applied Flashing appeared first on Fine Homebuilding. via Blogger Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Rough Openings with Liquid-Applied Flashing Once your Zip System sheathing seams are taped and detailed, it’s time to focus on weatherproofing the window and door rough openings. You can either use tapes or fluid-applied flashing […] The post Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Rough Openings with Flashing Tape appeared first on Fine Homebuilding. via Blogger Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Rough Openings with Flashing Tape Nearly every home-building project is going to have plumbing, HVAC, or electrical lines that penetrate the sheathing. These need to be sealed up properly to ensure the home has a […] The post Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Sealing Penetrations appeared first on Fine Homebuilding. via Blogger Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Sealing Penetrations The base joint—the point where our framing and sheathing connect to the home’s foundation—is another critical joint that needs to be air-sealed properly. Because of how irregular the surface is […] The post Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Sheathing to Foundation Connection appeared first on Fine Homebuilding. via Blogger Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Sheathing to Foundation Connection In order to complete a wall assembly using Zip System sheathing, you need to seal all of the seams with Zip System flashing tape. Because the acrylic adhesive in this […] The post Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Taping Seams and Corners appeared first on Fine Homebuilding. via Blogger Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Taping Seams and Corners When framing is done and you’re ready to install Zip System sheathing on a house, you should first snap a level line on each wall to ensure your first course […] The post Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Fastening appeared first on Fine Homebuilding. via Blogger Installing ZIP System Sheathing: Fastening Watch Ben Bogie, residential builder and production manager from Portland, Maine, as he walks us through all the steps necessary to install Zip System wall sheathing on a home. Zip […] The post Installing ZIP System Sheathing appeared first on Fine Homebuilding. via Blogger Installing ZIP System Sheathing Veterans Day & Revised ColumnsThis is a very special edition of my newsletter. This Veterans Day is especially meaningful for me, and quite possibly you too. This year, more than ever, I'm intensely aware of the freedom and liberty all veterans have given to me as a most precious gift and prize. Today, we honor living veterans who put their lives on the line for each moment of their service to our great nation. I'm humbled by your service. My Dad was a veteran. CLICK or TAP HERE to read his story. My best friend Richard volunteered for two tours of duty in Vietnam. CLICK or TAP HERE to read about Richard's great accomplishments during the war. Dick Daniels flew F-4 Phantoms in Vietnam, was shot down, and survived. He's a subscriber to this newsletter, and over the years we became very close friends. Bill, who I met at an Internet conference, is a veteran. Chuck, another Internet buddy of mine, is a veteran. Anne, yet another Internet friend, is a veteran. The list of folks I know who are veterans is endless. You may be a veteran too and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for putting your life on the line to preserve the liberty we all enjoy here in the USA. Live Free or DieHaving moved to New Hampshire twelve years ago, I've become more acutely aware of what you may think is a whimsical state motto: This colorful NH state motto sign is above my desk. Each day when I enter my man cave, it's the first thing I see. I put it there on purpose as a reminder of what forms the inner core of my DNA - as if I need to be reminded! Those words were written in a letter by General John Stark, thirty-two years after he led his men in a victorious battle over the British red coats. The conflict took place in Bennington, Vermont on August 16, 1777, during the Revolutionary War. I've driven by the massive obelisk monument no less than forty times in my trips to and from NH to Cincinnati, Ohio. General Stark was too sick to attend a reunion of this battle and sent a letter honoring the men he commanded. A part of that letter is just below. I feel what General Stark said all those years ago applies to what is currently going on here in the USA today:
At the end of his letter, Stark included the famous line that had been touched upon years before in other historical conflicts of good vs evil. He intended this line to be said in a toast to his men at the reunion so the story goes:
Think about that. You, as a veteran, or that loved one of yours who is a veteran, surely realized that in putting yourself in harm's way, you were putting more importance on liberty - the freedom to exercise your God-given rights - over death! It's heady stuff when you stop and think about it, right? General Stark had lived his early life under tyranny and knew the true value of freedom and liberty. Not a day goes by that I don't ponder this. I often think about those moments of paralyzing fear my Dad must have felt as the Hun soldiers came clomping down the basement stairs of the farmhouse where he was alone attending to wounded soldiers. He was quite possibly about to meet his Maker thousands of miles from home from his family and sweetheart. He was a young man of just 27-years-old protecting the injured soldiers and the liberty you and I currently enjoy. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his bravery. Living free, and not under the thumb of a tyrannical government of any type, is such a unique and special prize when you stop and think about it. You may not want to think about the end game of what can happen as liberty and freedom are sometimes slowly stolen and snatched from you. One day, you may have to decide how you're going to die. Do you want to die on your knees next to a freshly dug trench, or do you want to die protecting the liberty and freedom you now currently enjoy and can pass on to your children and grandchildren? I've thought it through myself. Knowing what you may have sacrificed for me in your years in service to our great nation, what my Dad suffered through, and all my other friends, well, there's no way I'm dying on my knees with a pistol aimed squarely at the ever-enlarging bald spot on the back of my head. Latest Revised ColumnsHere's a list of columns I've revised with the help of my virtual assistant Roger. Many of these have AMAZING VIDEOS you should watch. Quite a few have links to the BEST PRODUCTS I'd use if I was doing work at your home. Do I Match Brick Color or Texture First? Are Architects Worth the Price? Surprise Answer! Build an Indoor Greenhouse - Glass Block Baby! Great old video of me - blonde hair! Laser or Optical Level - How Do They Work? Amazing VIDEOS HERE Create Interior Arches - Oval or Circular? Great videos Glass Block Doghouse & Greenhouse - Seriously! Best Darned Brick & Mortar SEALER! No Kidding! I'll be back here on Sunday with a regular newsletter. Tim Carter Do It Right, Not Over! Freedom and LibertyPaid for With Blood and too often, the Ultimate Sacrifice The post November 11, 2020 AsktheBuilder Newsletter appeared first on Ask the Builder. via Blogger November 11, 2020 AsktheBuilder Newsletter Follow the Fine Homebuilding Podcast on your favorite app. Subscribe now and don’t miss an episode: The Fine Homebuilding podcast is recording a second weekly podcast focusing on the issues […] The post Podcast 298: PRO TALK With Ken Keifer appeared first on Fine Homebuilding. via Blogger Podcast 298: PRO TALK With Ken Keifer |