{"id":28706,"date":"2014-06-25T09:18:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T09:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedpoints.com\/?guid=6b6f06ed8977a59ac88ad496b0561bf6"},"modified":"2014-06-25T09:18:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T09:18:49","slug":"what-architects-need-to-know-about-attic-kneewalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/what-architects-need-to-know-about-attic-kneewalls\/","title":{"rendered":"What Architects Need to Know About Attic Kneewalls"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Subtitle:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    If you want your building enclosure to perform well, you need to start with good design details &ndash; especially for kneewalls        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Images:&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/what-architects-need-know-about-attic-kneewalls\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/attic-kneewall-details-air-barrier-insulation.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"attic kneewall detail \" width=\"144\" height=\"143\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/what-architects-need-know-about-attic-kneewalls\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/attic-kneewall-energy-vanguard.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bad attic kneewall\" width=\"144\" height=\"108\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<div>\n                    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/what-architects-need-know-about-attic-kneewalls\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/blog-river\/attic-kneewall-insulation-air-sealing-architecture-design-details.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"attic kneewall drawn properly\" width=\"144\" height=\"113\"><\/a>        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We were working on a project, so we got a set of plans to get started. It includes the attic kneewall and vaulted ceiling section you see at right. This is typical of plans that architects draw, and builders build houses this way all the time. Unfortunately, it contains several errors. Can you spot them?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbuildingadvisor.com\/blogs\/dept\/building-science\/what-architects-need-know-about-attic-kneewalls\" 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":[5832,12449,12057,3434],"class_list":["post-28706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","tag-air-barrier","tag-attic","tag-attic-kneewall","tag-insulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28706","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=28706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}