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Housewrap is installed between the sheathing and the exterior siding, and is utilized behind vinyl, wood clapboards, shingles or shakes, brick, and other building materials. In all cases, the housewrap helps prevent water intrusion when moisture in any form gets past the siding and its trim and
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to pass to the exterior. If moisture from either direction is allowed to build up within stud or cavity walls,
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on walls. It is lighter in weight, available in much wider rolls, and both faster and easier to apply.
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Typical MVTR ~200 grams/100 square-inches/24hours (or greater, i.e.,
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Residential Energy: Cost Savings and Comfort for Existing Buildings
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due to heat-conducting moisture. House wrap may also serve as an
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Typical 2 ounces/square-yard (varies greatly with manufacturer)
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As such, housewrap must be both water shedding and have a high
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Films laminated to spunbond nonwovens (Typar or CertaWrap)
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used to protect buildings. Housewrap functions as a
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Tyvek
genericized trademark
synthetic material
weather-resistant barrier
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R-value
air barrier
tar paper
asphalt saturated felt
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polypropylene
Supercalendered
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