Specializing in creative solutions in the fields of design and construction. With special attention to water intrusion and other concerns of a building's weather envelope. Focused, cost-effective solutions to design and construction problems. Providing professional expertise to owners, managers, building contractors and architects, a reliable resource to use in addressing construction and design challenges.
Providing a sound basis upon which funds may be committed with confidence. The photo shows a not uncommon problem with the manner in which a water-resistant barrier, in this case, Tyvek, is being installed on a residential project.
Providing a sound basis upon which funds may be committed with confidence. The photo shows a not uncommon problem with the manner in which a water-resistant barrier, in this case, Tyvek, is being installed on a residential project.
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Synthetic stucco wall cladding products are marketed as proprietary "systems" by individual manufacturers. These systems alone are not complete weather envelopes for buildings. They are themselves only components of a complete weather envelope, that must be joined together into a complete envelope with other non-proprietary components that together can provide weatherproof integrity for the structure.
One of the most commonly used materials in residential and commercial construction for exterior wall and soffit surfaces is cement plaster, or stucco. In use since Roman times, this combination of portland cement, water, lime, and sand provides a permanent, extremely hard, economical and beautiful finish to buildings and their appurtenances.
Flashings at the top of windows and exterior walls referred to as "head flashings" will not protect the window from water intrusion without counterflashing. If the window is leaking at the head, such condition is generally indicative of the failure to provide a flashing - counterflashing relationship over the window installed "in such a manner as to make it weatherproof" as required by the building code.
Another major component of the "weather envelope" is flashing. Flashings are the devices used to keep any water stopped by a barrier or collected in a wall under control until it can be redirected and deposited to the outside of the building. One of the most important components of a structure, flashings are the components or materials used to ensure that any water that penetrates the skin of the building and has stopped at the water-resistive barrier is contained, collected, and conducted back to the outside of the skin of the building.
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