Like Water off a Duck’s Back
Furring out exterior siding helps paints and
materials achieve their maximum life span and
allows infiltrated water a way to get back outside
the building before it can do any
damage. Traditionally, the problem
with including a drainage plane has
been the tedious and time-consuming
process of furring out windows,
doors, and trim and the associated
headaches of dealing with oddsized
extension jambs. Benjamin
Obdyke’s Home Slicker provides a
fast and easy way to integrate a
drainage plane into modern home
building methods. It’s a nylon
matrix with vertical channels that
promote rapid drying of siding and
allow infiltrated water to run out
the bottom. The best part is that
Home Slicker is only