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Water Vapor Permeance of WRBs: For Some Assemblies, It Really Doesn’t Matter

July 2021
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Today I’m Releasing the First of Many Findings Regarding MaxLife Industries’ Newly Launched ArmorWall™ Plus, an Innovative AWB System Specifically Designed for Magnesium Oxide

May 2021
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The Test Results Are In: ArmorWall™ Plus Treated Joints Have Successfully Passed 30-Day Face Columns

May 2021
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Wood-Based Substrates are Imperfect and Dynamic. But They Can be Tamed with the Right WRB Coating. The Key: Three-Dimensional Continuity

April 2021
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Improving the Efficacy of Flashing Systems With a Critical Eye Towards the Microscale

April 2021
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Always Evolving, My Face Column Methods Have Been Improved to Accommodate Polyethylene and Polypropylene WRBs

April 2021
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Beyond Water Resistance: The Adhesion Properties of WRBs and Liquid Flashing

April 2021
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OSB Versus Plywood. Here I Use Face Columns to Demonstrate What We already Know to be True

March 2021
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I’m Performing a Series of Columns with OSB-Based WRB Panels and Various Types of Over-Driven Fasteners. Here’s a Summary of What We Know So Far

March 2021
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Sixteen Face Columns Going at One Time! My Quest to Discover the Best WRB Systems on the Planet has Begun! And it’s All Very Exciting

March 2021
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