| Download | - View final version: Facts and fictions of rain screen walls (PDF, 1.3 MiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40003307 |
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| Author | Search for: Rousseau, M. Z.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | Air and vapour barriers; Rainscreen walls; rain screens; cavity walls; air barriers; wind loads; walls |
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| Abstract | Pressure equalization across the exterior cladding of exterior walls is an important feature for the application of the rain screen principle which aims at minimizing rain entry into exterior walls. Confusion exists in the industry about the difference between cavity walls and rain screen walls. The paper focuses on the wall components that contribute to obtain pressure equalization across the outside cladding, that is, a compartmented cavity behind the cladding, a rigiid air barrier assembly, and adequate venting area of the cladding in relation to the leakage area of the air barrier. The results of IRC laboratory testing and field monitoring of two buildings of different construction for pressure-equalization performance are briefly presented, with discussion of possible reduction of the design wind loads for rain screen cladding. |
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| Publication date | 1990-03 |
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| Note | Reprinted in "Building Envelope Performance and Durability : IRC technical seminar" held in 11 cities across Canada, February through March 1995 (NRCC-38991) |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| Identifier | IRC-P-1666 |
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| NRC number | NRCC 32332
NRC-IRC-1892 |
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| NPARC number | 20377804 |
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| Record identifier | 3734fcae-528d-4445-bde7-d17883eb9c7b |
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| Record created | 2012-07-24 |
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| Record modified | 2024-04-22 |
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