roof Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/roof/ 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/making-a-roof-less-likely-to-leak/feed/ 39 What Is a Cold Roof in a Hot Climate? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/what-is-a-cold-roof-in-a-hot-climate/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/what-is-a-cold-roof-in-a-hot-climate/#view_comments Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:47:04 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7747 For those of us who live in warm or hot climates, this question about roof temperature is confusing.  A lot of people talk about cold roofs and hot roofs, and unfortunately, it’s not just about the time of year, current…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/what-is-a-cold-roof-in-a-hot-climate/feed/ 3 Roof Overhangs and Moisture Problems https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/roof-overhangs-and-moisture-problems/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/roof-overhangs-and-moisture-problems/#view_comments Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:49:46 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7036 Roof overhangs and moisture problems in the walls of a house ought to be related, right?  After all, most of the water that lands on a house hits the roof first.  From there, rainwater runs to the bottom edge of…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/roof-overhangs-and-moisture-problems/feed/ 26 This Playground Slide Can Give You a Feel for Building Science https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/this-playground-slide-can-give-you-a-feel-for-building-science/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/this-playground-slide-can-give-you-a-feel-for-building-science/#view_comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=this-playground-slide-can-give-you-a-feel-for-building-science Remember those old metal playground slides?  You don’t see them all that much anymore, but recently I found one.  It was in the quaint little Southern town of Rutledge, Georgia, near the Hard Labor Creek Blueberry Farm where I’d been…

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