Many homes and additions are built over a crawl space to save time and money. Unlike traditional basements, crawl spaces are often only a few feet tall, built above grade, and many are unfinished with ...

Improper use of vapor barriers is one of the leading causes of moisture-related issues in buildings today. Vapor barriers, or vapor retarders, are designed to prevent wall assemblies from getting wet.

Imagine a cold, wet, windy day. You can take an umbrella to protect you from the water alone, but that won’t deal with the cold (temperature) or the wind (air convection). You can add in a light ...

DEAR TIM: The crawl space under my 1910 home is just exposed dirt and leftover building materials. I need to add a vapor barrier and wonder about the best one. The foundation consists of granite slabs ...

FAIRBANKS - The building envelope is defined as those parts of a house that keep the indoor and outdoor environments separate. The building envelope includes the exterior walls, roof, windows, doors ...

The placement of a water vapor retarder directly below concrete floor slabs on the ground has become common practice for buildings where floor coverings or coatings are to be installed. Such use has ...

W. R. MEADOWS recently rolled out a new AIA-accredited presentation to pass on up-to-date information pertaining to the science and importance of air, vapor, and moisture barriers, and how to best ...

Barriseal-S and Barricoat-S spray-applied vapor and water-resistant membranes are rubberized asphalt emulsions that require simultaneous spray with a salt solution to cure. This chemistry provides a ...

Q: My house is open to the weather with no trees, only pasture. It was built in 1997 and I bought it in 1998. About five years ago, I noticed some of the spruce siding was rotting. I replaced it in ...

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Land Science, a division of REGENESIS, is the recognized leader in vapor intrusion mitigation technologies and is proud to announce it will be retiring the ...