Air barrier membrane / Discussions

...air barrier. Weather barrier house wraps like Tyvek, Home Wrap etc, are airtight as a ‘product’, but once you slam a few thousand staples into them, missing the mark with a few hundred probably and doing nothing but creating a hole for nothing, it is hardly effective as an air barrier. Not to mention that most commonly...

...air barrier membrane comes up into the rough opening, we then put Rockwool insulation between the frame and rough opening and finally taped the windows to the air barrier. This technique helped us reach Passive House performance levels (though we didn’t go for Passive House certification, it's actually a LEED Platinum ...