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Moisture Protection for Walls

Doug Horgan dives into a range of practical solutions for draining and drying... More

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Installing Effective Rainscreens

Simple, low-tech systems that can work for any type of siding More

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Getting Kickout Flashings Right

Leaks are a liability. It's so much easier and less expensive to invest in $15... More

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Trouble-shooting Common Fiber-cement Siding Errors

To avoid installation errors that will cause a fiber-cement siding job to fail,... More

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Rainscreen Clapboard Siding Details

How to apply strapping and vent screens to create a drainable, ventilated... More

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A Stress-tested Rainscreen Siding Detail

Are you sure that the screws you're using to fasten vertical strapping over... More

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Open-Joint Siding

In the Seattle area, where I work, we get a lot of rain. From the mid-90s to the... More

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Tightening a House When Replacing the Siding

I don't think my client was planning on an energy retrofit when he first talked to... More

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No-Leak EIFS

Improved waterproofing and drainage details promise rot-free performance from this... More

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Weather­tight Exteriors

Keeping Moisture Out of Oceanfront Homes More

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