This post first appeared on the Andersen Windows ProViews Blog.
Shelter is a human necessity. A place to be warm and dry. A place to be safe and healthy. These are the main purposes for every new home that gets built. As our species has moved out of caves and into, first, stone structures, then concrete and mass wood structures, and finally to what we live in today, our expectations for health and comfort have increased. We want our homes to stay dry, but not too dry. Temperatures are expected to be comfortable, and sometime consistent with little variation throughout the home. The quality of the indoor air should be healthy to breathe. And we want our investment to last for a long, long time. A newer expectation is that we do not want to spend a lot of time, effort or money maintaining the structure.
Continue reading “A Crash Course on the Four Control Layers”
