There is provided a wall port cover to be installed in building wall ports. Wall ports are simply openings in a wall or ceiling of a building which may be used to house electrical panels, HVAC systems, access panels, lighting switches, and the like. The wall port cover comprises an engagement means which is rotatable between an engaging position and a releasing position. In the engaging position, the engaging means extend beyond the wall port cover to engage a top surface of the wall or ceiling drywall panel to support and retain the wall port cover within the vent opening. In the releasing position, the engaging means are retracted within the wall port cover to disengage from the top surface of the wall or ceiling drywall panel to allow the wall port cover to be removed from the vent openings.

A rigid insert for using as an intermediate insulation component when installing a new or replacement window or door. The insert comprises an integrally formed, L-shaped section with: (i) a thin leg component designed for positioning against a long edge of the structural frame for this window or door; and (ii) a thick base component perpendicular to the thin leg component. The L-shaped section is glued to the structural frame and to adjoining sections at its mitered corners. A method for reducing thermal bridging with such inserts is also disclosed.

The enclosure comprises: a partition (1) of panels (2) provided with longitudinal grooves (3) and a space for mounting a door (6); and a door (6) comprising: an upper box (7); and two vertical posts (9) with vertical guides (30) for moving a closing element (10), in addition to longitudinal channels (15) defining passages, with the longitudinal grooves (3), for housing fastening elements (16, 17) that can be vertically moved between a position wherein the door (6) is held and a position wherein the door (6) is released. The door comprises means for ensuring peripheral tightness in the closed position.

A shimming device for attaching a substrate to a stud wall includes a plate, which has a first edge that is linear. The plate can be mounted to a respective opposed side of one of a plurality of studs to which the substrate is to be mounted. The plate is one of a plurality of plates that can be positioned on and mounted to the plurality of studs so that each plate is positioned at a respective support point for the substrate. Each plate is positioned with the first edge of the plate proud of an edge face of the stud and so that the first edges of the plurality of plates define a plane. The substrate, upon mounting to the plurality of studs, is parallel to the plane.

A shimming device for attaching a substrate to a stud wall includes a plate, which has a first edge that is linear. The plate can be mounted to a respective opposed side of one of a plurality of studs to which the substrate is to be mounted. The plate is one of a plurality of plates that can be positioned on and mounted to the plurality of studs so that each plate is positioned at a respective support point for the substrate. Each plate is positioned with the first edge of the plate proud of an edge face of the stud and so that the first edges of the plurality of plates define a plane. The substrate, upon mounting to the plurality of studs, is parallel to the plane.

There is provided a wall port cover to be installed in building wall ports. Wall ports are simply openings in a wall or ceiling of a building which may be used to house electrical panels, HVAC systems, access panels, lighting switches, and the like. The wall port cover comprises an engagement means which is rotatable between an engaging position and a releasing position. In the engaging position, the engaging means extend beyond the wall port cover to engage a top surface of the wall or ceiling drywall panel to support and retain the wall port cover within the vent opening. In the releasing position, the engaging means are retracted within the wall port cover to disengage from the top surface of the wall or ceiling drywall panel to allow the wall port cover to be removed from the vent openings.

An insulated concrete form buck has a plurality of generally rectangular buck sections. Each buck section has an inner core surrounded by a layer of foam insulation. The outer surface of the core is pre-treated with an adhesive to adhere the core to the foam insulation. Fasteners hold the buck sections together in the assembled buck. Concrete anchors threaded into the core have looped openings for receiving reinforcing bars in an insulating form concrete wall construction.

The enclosure comprises: a partition (1) of panels (2) provided with longitudinal grooves (3) and a space for mounting a door (6); and a door (6) comprising: an upper box (7); and two vertical posts (9) with vertical guides (30) for moving a closing element (10), in addition to longitudinal channels (15) defining passages, with the longitudinal grooves (3), for housing fastening elements (16, 17) that can be vertically moved between a position wherein the door (6) is held and a position wherein the door (6) is released. The door comprises means for ensuring peripheral tightness in the closed position.

A method and device are presented that creates a channel adjacent a nailing flange of a window in between the window and the rough opening that receives the window. The channel is created by establishing a barrier that prevents foam insulation inserted into the space between the window and the rough opening from reaching the nailing flange. The channel then ensures proper drainage of water that enters the window cavity down to the window sill. A gasket is presented that can be attached to the window or the rough opening to create the barrier. Alternatively, a disintegrating object or a wicking object can be used to impede the flow of insulation foam and to create the appropriate channel. The present invention is equally applicable to doors or other framed objects received into the exterior shell of a building.

Two building materials are coupled by a plurality of couplers (10A). Each coupler includes a foundation member (20) arranged on one building material (2), and a coupling member (21) extending from the foundation member to the side of the other building material and joined to the other building material by a joint. The foundation member is provided with a guide portion formed by an outer edge portion (20A, 20B) configured to guide the coupling member movably in a direction having a component in a thickness direction of the one building material. At least two couplers are provided on the one building material in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the interval and the thickness direction of the one building material. The guide portions of the foundation members of the couplers have different tilting directions or tilting angles with respect to the direction orthogonal to the direction of the interval and the thickness direction of the one building material. It is therefore possible to implement, by couplers having a simple structure, positioning one building material in the thickness direction of the one building material and coupling two building materials by a plurality of couplers.