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    A rainscreen is an exterior wall detail where the siding (wall cladding) stands off from the moisture-resistant surface of an air/water barrier applied...
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    blends of cement and recycled polystyrene, wheat/rice straw fibres. Rainscreen cladding is a form of weather cladding designed to protect against the...
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    This foam insulation around window jambs acted as a conduit into the rainscreen cavity, which was faced with 150 mm-thick (5.9-inch) combustible polyisocyanurate...
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    or interior side of the wall, also tended to promote thinner walls and rainscreen systems. Open, uncovered walkways were excluded from the FSR, thus encouraging...
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  • building Copper cladding, applying copper to the exterior of buildings Rainscreen cladding, an exterior wall detail to create a capillary break and to allow...
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    wall technology, the rainscreen principle theorizes that equilibrium of air pressure between the outside and inside of the "rainscreen" prevents water penetration...
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    which can resist water under pressure. Cavity wall construction, such as rainscreen construction, is where the interior walls are separated from the exterior...
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    is to make openings in the soffit and ridge to allow natural air flow. This example also has ventilated exterior walls called rainscreen construction....
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    shape. The exteriors of 5-over-1 buildings often contain flat windows, rainscreen cladding, and Hardie board cement fiber panels. These buildings are also...
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    roofing battens are used to fix siding materials such as tile or shingles. Rainscreen construction uses battens (furring) as part of a system which allows walls...
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    with panelized products. A variant on masonry veneer is the rainscreen veneer. Rainscreens are ventilated at the top and bottom of the cavity to prevent...
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    ventilation is provided in addition to the drainage plane such as in rainscreen construction. Face-sealed also called barrier wall or perfect barrier...
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  • the driver of a vehicle Folding screen, a piece of decorative furniture Rainscreen, in building construction Rood screen, a partition in a church which separates...
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  • 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London identified Arconic's Reynobond PE rainscreen cladding as "by far the largest contributor" to the disaster, which had...
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    lack of joints, it eventually cracks and is susceptible to water damage. Rainscreen construction is used to improve siding's ability to keep walls dry. Wood...
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  • cavity walls. Drainage walls may also be ventilated to aid drying such as rainscreen and pressure equalization wall systems. Sealed-surface walls do not allow...
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    foundation. The spire atop the building is a lattice frame covered with rainscreen panels. The height of the building is 128m above ground level. The Blade...
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    touts its recyclability and extreme durability. Damp proofing Housewrap Rainscreen Multiple authors. Roofing, flashing & waterproofing. Newtown, CT: Taunton...
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    replaced with larger terracotta rainscreen tiles, the existing painted concrete facade would be covered by a new aluminum rainscreen cladding, the existing dark...
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    the concrete structure received new windows and new aluminium composite rainscreen cladding, in part to improve the appearance of the building. Two types...
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    through a 90 mm (3.5 inches) gap between the wall and the newly installed rainscreen cladding. The fire spread to all floors of the 11-storey building, causing...
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    predictor of system performance. Transpired solar collectors act as a rainscreen and they also capture heat loss escaping from the building envelope which...
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    Slicker the first rolled product to provide drainage and air flow in rainscreen wall assemblies. While the company’s origins are closely tied to the metal...
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    the prediction of savings debatable. Climate-adaptive building shell Rainscreen Bryan, Harvey (1991). "Le Corbusier and the "Mur Neutralisant": An Early...
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  • (insulation) - Radial arm saw - Radiant barrier - Radiator reflector - Rafter - Rainscreen - Raised floor - RAL colour standard - RAL colors - Rammed earth - Random...
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    predictor of system performance. Transpired solar collectors act as a rainscreen and they also capture heat loss escaping from the building envelope which...
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    independent concrete buildings. This primary steel grid is wrapped in a rainscreen weathertight envelope, with glazed areas supported by secondary steel...
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    (November 17, 2016). "Seamus Heaney Home Place". Swiss Facades - Fibre Cement Rainscreen Cladding. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved August...
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    announced on its website that it was to stop the supply of RS5000 for use in rainscreen cladding systems in buildings over 18 metres (59 ft) tall. The Football...
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    layers of mineral wool insulation, a water barrier, and a larch wood rainscreen to ensure stability against the elements. Carbon dioxide is one of the...
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