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The Science of Building: Insights from Emily Mottram
Eric here — I sat down with Emily Mottram and we basically went full nerd on how houses actually work (spoiler: physics wins). We nerded out on the four control layers — air, water, vapor and thermal — and why missing one of those is like forgetting the eggs in your cheesecake: the whole thing collapses. Emily walked us through real-life horror and hero stories (a gorgeous remodel that still fell to wildfire, and a Habitat-for-Humanity build that outperformed a multimillion-dollar mansion). We chatted flashing — yes, International Flashing Day is a thing now — and how sloppy tape-ups…
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