Water Management
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Residential Post-and-Frame Construction, Part 3: Installing a WRB
Atypical framing, no continuous sheathing, and cold temperatures make installing a water-resistive barrier challenging
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The BS* + Beer Show: Flashing Details
A discussion about the importance of flashing to prevent water-related building-envelope failures
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Persistent Worries About Exterior Rigid Foam
Why do some builders foresee problems for foam-sheathed walls?
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Thinking Like a Roofer
Many buildings are still plagued by reverse laps and missing drainage pathways
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The Four Control Layers of a Wall
How water, air, vapor, and temperature controls lead to a durable building envelope and a comfortable, efficient home
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Choosing an Air Barrier and a Housewrap
If Zip System sheathing is out of the running, what's the best way to air seal the exterior of walls?
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Promoting Green Infrastructure
Features like vegetated buffer strips, forested habitat corridors, and regenerated wetlands are alluring alternatives to ‘gray infrastructure’; here's how to pay for them
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Quality Issues With Brick Buildings
Why has the quality of brick building design and construction declined so steeply in the last 100 years?
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Hygric Buffering and Hygric Redistribution
Large amounts of hygroscopic building materials — for example, lumber and cellulose — can act like thermal mass for moisture
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A Drainage Plane Time Bomb Defused
The key was catching it early enough