Hedgewood Builders

10/24/2026

Today’s rant. Hood vents and makeup air!
Most options are unnecessarily complicated. Why are there so few simple options 😣

10/14/2026

One of the Best option for sealing around penetrations

09/16/2026

How did I not know this? 🤨

Did I I doze off during a lesson somewhere? 🤦

I had no idea a rain screen air gap made this much of a difference in the transfer of thermal heat.

I’m getting 3.5deg difference between the wall with air gaped siding and the wall with only sheathing.

09/14/2026

Sharkskin Roof Underlayments® ultra SA for the win.

We’re using Sharkskin ultra sa as our primary air barrier on our recent project. No sponsorship but Great product and the guys stoped me to say how much they using it compared to what we used on the previous project.

09/12/2026

Had an Amazing time Build Show LIVE 2026. Very well produced, great content and amazing people. Thank you Mark Wille and Steven Baczek for the invitation!

09/11/2026

This is the most effective and robust roof assembly. Fully air and water sealed, 2” of exterior insulation with a fully vented roof on top. Perfect example of the adage “one is none and two is one” always have at least one backup

08/17/2026

Building Tip of the day

07/20/2026

The right tool for the job in the right hands makes for easy work!

07/11/2026

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"It's a great sense of accomplishment." https://buff.ly/tCq5Mfc

07/10/2026

One last blower door test before tuning this home over to the clients.
92 cfm at 50 pascals of pressure. On this house that equates to a ACH50 of .18 (2588sqft, 30448 cu ft)

For example, a well built stick framed house will be closer to 800cfm to 2000 cfm (1.5 ACH50 to 4 ACH50) this house is 10x-20x

This is 100% living condition. No “extra seals” or tape over the 10” hood vent/makeup air or ERV penetrations.
All equipment is turned off and dampers are closed, that’s it.

Before any penetrations were cut we were