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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Leaky condo crisis (section Rainscreen construction)
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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