Interior Thermal Mass

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Thermal mass should be applied to walls along the building envelope in the case of homes with basements. It can be applied to the middle walls of a home built upon a concrete slab. Here in this model we see thermal mass made of brick on an exterior wall of a house with a wood floor over a crawl space or a basement. The brick sits upon a piece of oak timber used as a beam to distribute the weight. The interior brick wall gets its support either from the upright concrete basement wall or a concrete foundation in the case of a house with a mere crawl space instead of a basement. The details of this model show an exterior brick wall siding over a 1 inch foam insulation panel, over a wall framed using 2' x 6' studs, and then the interior brick wall thermal mass. The floor here is made of 2' x 12' with at least R 19 insulation in the floor. #thermal_mass, #thermal_mass_wall, #brick_wall #Sustainable_Design