{"id":119828,"date":"2015-10-14T11:28:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T11:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedpoints.com\/?guid=4e00aa7aabc4a01422fc44bc5b9a91aa"},"modified":"2015-10-14T11:28:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T11:28:17","slug":"how-the-stack-effect-can-defeat-your-winterizing-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/how-the-stack-effect-can-defeat-your-winterizing-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Stack Effect Can Defeat Your Winterizing Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Prime:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                     prime        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Subtitle:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    Some of the standard tips for winterizing a home may give you a warm and fuzzy feeling but won&#8217;t give you a warm and cozy house        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Images:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/how-stack-effect-can-defeat-your-winterizing-efforts\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/caulk-windows-weatherstripping-winterize-home.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Caulk Man, looking for leaks in all the wrong places\" width=\"144\" height=\"131\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/how-stack-effect-can-defeat-your-winterizing-efforts\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/air-leakage-bathtub-hole-leak-infiltration.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bathtub hole\" width=\"144\" height=\"192\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/how-stack-effect-can-defeat-your-winterizing-efforts\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/water-heater-and-furnace-closet-open-to-attic-top-view%20copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mechanical closet open to attic\" width=\"144\" height=\"157\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/how-stack-effect-can-defeat-your-winterizing-efforts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/air-leakage-building-enclosure-attic-hole-refrigerator-vent.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The refrigerator vent\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/how-stack-effect-can-defeat-your-winterizing-efforts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/ceiling-vent-attic-comfort-energy-efficiency-600_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mystery vent\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/how-stack-effect-can-defeat-your-winterizing-efforts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/stack-effect-air-leakage-home-winterization_0.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Stack effect pressures\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/how-stack-effect-can-defeat-your-winterizing-efforts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/stack-effect-in-plastic-boston-nesea-building-energy_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"The stack effect in plastic\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Caulk your windows. Weatherstrip your doors. It&#8217;s that time of year again.<\/p>\n<p>No, I don&#8217;t mean the time of year when you should do those things. I mean it&#8217;s the time of year when all the news stories that include this ineffective advice start appearing. There&#8217;s a lot of bad advice included in those articles, but let&#8217;s just look at why the caulking and weatherstripping advice will provide minimal relief.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/articles\/dept\/building-science\/how-stack-effect-can-defeat-your-winterizing-efforts\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4715,128,13632,1200,13633],"class_list":["post-119828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","tag-air-leakage","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-stack-effect","tag-windows","tag-winterizing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}