water management Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/water-management/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Thu, 16 May 2024 19:01:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Making a Roof Less Likely to Leak https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/making-a-roof-less-likely-to-leak/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/making-a-roof-less-likely-to-leak/#view_comments Thu, 16 May 2024 19:00:37 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9039 I got the shingles replaced on my roof this week.  I’ve needed it for a while but held off for a couple of years.  Why?  Because there were a couple of things I needed to do at the bottom of…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/basement-renovation-in-a-1961-home/feed/ 9 Which Roof Penetrations Cause Water Damage? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/which-roof-penetrations-cause-water-damage/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/which-roof-penetrations-cause-water-damage/#view_comments Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:56:06 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7076 Which roof penetrations cause water damage?  They all do, of course.  But some are more likely to leak than others.  The photo above shows the back of my house.  We got a tiny bit of snow on Sunday, and some…

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