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    A rainscreen is an exterior wall detail where the siding (wall cladding) stands off from the moisture-resistant surface of an air/water barrier applied...
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    blends of cement and recycled polystyrene, wheat/rice straw fibres. Rainscreen cladding is a form of weather cladding designed to protect against the...
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    This foam insulation around window jambs acted as a conduit into the rainscreen cavity, which was faced with 150mm thick combustible Polyisocyanurate...
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    or interior side of the wall, also tended to promote thinner walls and rainscreen systems. Open, uncovered walkways were excluded from the FSR, thus encouraging...
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    wall technology, the rainscreen principle theorizes that equilibrium of air pressure between the outside and inside of the "rainscreen" prevents water penetration...
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  • building Copper cladding, applying copper to the exterior of buildings Rainscreen cladding, an exterior wall detail to create a capillary break and to allow...
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    which can resist water under pressure. Cavity wall construction, such as rainscreen construction, is where the interior walls are separated from the exterior...
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    is to make openings in the soffit and ridge to allow natural air flow. This example also has ventilated exterior walls called rainscreen construction....
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    replaced with larger terracotta rainscreen tiles, the existing painted concrete facade would be covered by a new aluminum rainscreen cladding, the existing dark...
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    shape. The exteriors of 5-over-1 buildings often contain flat windows, rainscreen cladding, and Hardie board cement fiber panels. These buildings are also...
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