Sentences with phrase «exterior sheathing»

While choosing the right method of insulation is important for keeping a house cozy during harsh winters, knowing how the materials you use for the frame, the exterior sheathing, and interior wall material all work together to determine an R - value (the measure of thermal resistance) is key.

With great success, we used ReWall for our exterior sheathing, interior walls, and ceiling.

Also includes all exterior sheathing, fully adhered ice and rain guard, with the siding and all windows, doors, metal roofing and trim also installed.

This issue comes up all the time in building science discussions, especially regarding what happens in exterior sheathing.

11/32 ″ plywood exterior sheathing only on the front wall, roof and back of house, not on 14 ′ side walls to save weight.

In other words, the more structural framing that connects to both the drywall inside and the exterior sheathing outside, the poorer the total insulation of the home.

Unfortunately, some of the moisture in the brick will move out of the backside of the brick into the exterior wall cavity through the exterior sheathing.

Not exact matches

Sheathed in glass and bathed in a glow of neons — blues, greens, oranges, pinks — the surrealistic avant - garde exterior of Dream Bangkok earns an immediate second glance.

There were no measured or observed moisture related durability concerns of the wood structural sheathing when 1.5» of exterior insulation was installed.

Mineral fiber insulating sheathing can provide enhanced moisture durability for the exterior enclosure.

In cold climates, insulating sheathing must be added exterior to the roof sheathing to prevent condensation on the underside of the roof sheathing.

The exterior (2x10) wall would be insulated with rockwool, and sheathed with oriented strand board.

Wall sheathing from the disassembled existing mansard was reused as exterior wall sheathing.

However, double - stud walls have a higher risk of interior - sourced condensation moisture damage compared to high - R approaches using exterior insulating sheathing.

The walls were retrofitted to add two 2» layers of polyisocyanurate rigid insulation to the exterior of the existing wall sheathing and blown - in cellulose insulation to the existing 2x4 walls.

When it's cold outside and a building doesn't have exterior insulation, we often talk about «condensation» occurring when humid air from indoors finds its way to the interior side of the sheathing.

The walls were retrofitted to add two 2» layers of foil - faced polyisocyanurate rigid insulation to the exterior of the existing wall sheathing and cellulose insulation to the framing cavities.

If vapor retarders are located to the exterior in mixed climates (and are coupled with permeable interior sheathings and finishes), they should be maintained at a warm enough temperature during the heating season to control the amount of interior moisture which can accumulate on their interior surfaces (elevation of the condensing surface temperature).

Our only composite material will be plywood, which will be used for cladding, cabinetry and exterior wall sheathing.

Small windows, a shallow - pitched roofline, and an «unsexy» exterior profile — sheathed in wood, brick, stone, or a combination — doesn't do much for curb appeal, says Beth DeBaker, project manager with Orren Pickell Designers & Builders in Lincolnshire, Ill..

Because there's no moisture barrier over the wood or gypsum sheathing, the system can allow moisture to intrude through less - than - perfect window and door edges or through cracks in the exterior or rooflines, causing the underlying wood or gypsum to deteriorate.

News stories and lawsuits have linked the product to water intrusion behind exterior walls, which in turn rots sheathing, and other building components and makes many afflicted homes virtually unsalable.