WRBs
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Integrating Windows With Self-Adhered WRBs
Learn how to prep rough openings and use a line of flashing products when installing a window in a wall assembly with a water-resistive barrier
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Prioritizing Home Performance Upgrades, Part 2
How to tackle energy efficiency improvements to get the best results—a case study
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Cold-Climate Vapor Control
Contrary to the American IRC, the Canadian NBC allows only one method of vapor management to be used in a residential building
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Achieving Affordable High-Performance Homes
Using small-house design principles, prefabrication construction technologies, and strategically chosen high-performance building elements, a small neighborhood developer keeps costs below the median in his market
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Insulation With Integrated WRB and/or Sheathing
Products suitable for continuous exterior insulation that integrate a water-resistive barrier and, in some cases, sheathing too
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Membrane Air Barriers
In addition to water and vapor control, many of today's membrane products make excellent primary air barriers
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Windows Before WRB?
Yes, if the flashing details are done right, you can safely install windows before the housewrap
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Adding Exterior Insulation to Existing Homes
Firsthand experience informs this basic plan for installing rigid insulation on the outside of an older building
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Continuous Insulation, Part 2
An overview of the products most commonly used for exterior insulation and considerations for detailing this type of wall assembly
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Monopoly Roof Framing
An alternative approach to roof framing that creates a continuous air barrier and eliminates thermal bridging
