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Development Of A Field Procedure To Measure The Airtightness Of Wall Construction Elements Of Houses, Grenville K. Yuill, David Yuill
Development Of A Field Procedure To Measure The Airtightness Of Wall Construction Elements Of Houses, Grenville K. Yuill, David Yuill
David Yuill
Whole-house tests were developed to compare the airflow resistance of several different materials used to seal the walls of a house at the outer surface. These airflow resistances were measured in field installations and include the effects of interactions with adjacent materials and assemblies. The materials tested were housewrap fiberboard and foam sheathings, extruded polystyrene foam sheathing with the edges taped, extruded polystyrene sheathing with the edges untaped, and caulking and foaming the inside of the wall cavity. The comparisons were between different wall materials installed in sequence in the same house. In this way, any inherent differences in house …