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Technology Solutions Case Study: Capillary Break Beneath A Slab: Polyethylene Sheeting Over Aggregate, Southwestern Pennsylvania
In this project, Building America team IBACOS worked with a builder of single- and multifamily homes in southwestern Pennsylvania (climate zone 5) to understand its methods of successfully using polyethylene sheeting over aggregate as a capillary break beneath the slab in new construction. This builder’s homes vary in terms of whether they have crawlspaces or basements. However, in both cases, the strategy protects the home from water intrusion via capillary action (e.g., water wicking into cracks and spaces in the slab), thereby helping to preserve the durability of the home.
Technology Solutions Case Study: Capillary Break Beneath A Slab: Polyethylene Sheeting Over Aggregate, Southwestern Pennsylvania
In this project, Building America team IBACOS worked with a builder of single- and multifamily homes in southwestern Pennsylvania (climate zone 5) to understand its methods of successfully using polyethylene sheeting over aggregate as a capillary break beneath the slab in new construction. This builder’s homes vary in terms of whether they have crawlspaces or basements. However, in both cases, the strategy protects the home from water intrusion via capillary action (e.g., water wicking into cracks and spaces in the slab), thereby helping to preserve the durability of the home.
Technology Solutions Case Study: Capillary Break Beneath A Slab: Polyethylene Sheeting Over Aggregate, Southwestern Pennsylvania
2014
2 pages
Report
No indication
English
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