A Case for Double-Stud Walls

High-performance builder Dan Kolbert's ideal wall is a double-stud approach filled with dense-pack cellulose insulation. In this article, he uses photographs and a detailed illustration to showcase how his team builds the vapor-open double-stud wall assembly, beginning with the exterior wall framing all the way to the ridge and then turning to the interior walls. He includes a sidebar about modeled risks of cold sheathing in double-stud assembliesÑa much-talked-about but rarely seen phenomenon.

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