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Air Sealing for New Home Construction

Air sealing is an important factor when constructing an energy-efficient home. These are some air sealing techniques and materials:

Before developing an air sealing strategy, you should also consider the interaction between any air sealing materials and techniques with other building components, including the following:

This is called the whole-house systems approach.