带有防风雨屏障和绝缘性的结构护套是否良好?
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Combo structural sheathing, WRB and thin insulation panel in Ontario?
你好:我正在剥去一根150年的老木材的三层壁板，从外面重新绝缘和密封暴露的空洞。我会给它重新铺上一层护套，并用双绑带加固它的后排气垂直板和木条外墙。
My research into potential sheathing has turned up a couple innovative products that combine a 1"- 1 1/4" structural panel, with an R4-R5 foam component,anda water-resistive barrier coating or layer incorporated into it, eliminating the need for an additional house-wrap:Barricade Thermo Brace, andBP's R4-HP panel.
These initially appealed to me due 1) their light weight (I am working alone on a multi-story), 2) the additional R-value to combat any thermal bridging, and 3) the elimination of the time and cost associated with a house-wrap.
However I am unable to locate any retail sources in Ontario or any information on the real-world experience of installing and living with these products, short of reading the always rosy manufacturer's claims. I am usually leary of "all-in-one" products but these seem like they could be the real deal. Although Barricade has some products north of the border, the panels don't make the trip. Similarly, BP's panels don't make across the Quebec border into Ontario, and are unavailable through RONA, despite being on their web-page. An e-mail reach-out by me to BP has gone unanswered. I am wondering if there may be a provincial roadblock to their sale in that they possibly don't meet code, at least in terms of being a structural panel.
Particular to my installation, and my timber-frame with non-standard (or non-existant) stud-spacing, I am also wondering if these panels are meant specifically for new construction with 16" OC and if I'll need to supplement with some additional studs for support.
Any information on these products, or something similar that I haven't found, and their availability would be most welcome.
Steve
I think a little skepticism surrounding ‘all in one’ solutions is a good thing to carry though life, but in terms of sheathing products with integrated weather barriers, for the most part they seem to have good performance when installed properly, and so long as they actually do what they claim to do then you can save a lot on labor by not having to install a house wrap.
检查公司规格表的空气和蒸汽渗透率以及热性能也是一个好主意。还有一个非常重要的警告-你需要选择正确的产品并安装在正确的地方。
We have a couple of pages that may help you choose the right sheathing, this one covers what to look for in a weather barrier in terms of vapor permeability -
Weather barriers and home wraps – which one is best?
We also have this page that will top up your understanding, about choosing house sheathing. In here you will learn some of our concerns about all in one OSB and insulation panels and how they could possibly pose a problem on the exterior of homes.
Choosing between plywood and OSB sheathing – which is better?
So the WRB sheathings we like, but we become a bit more concerned when panels have integrated insulation though. I did have a quick look at the Barricade Thermo-Brace product you mentioned, there are a few products they have to choose from. The one on the main image lists itself as a ‘moisture barrier’, so if that is the one you are considering then I would for sure find out it’s vapor permeability first. In the image it looks like a foil membrane, which is for sure a vapor barrier, and you wouldn’t want that on the exterior of a wall in Ontario.
The BP product looks to be more breathable, that’s a good thing, except if you can’t get it where you are.
Have you thought about using Rockwool (formerly Roxul) mineral wool insulation? We really like it when insulating the exterior of existing walls because it doesn’t trap moisture and it isn’t negatively affected by it.
So where exactly are you building? And are you stripping all the insulation, meaning left with an empty stud wall that you will insulate from scratch? Another pretty popular weather barrier sheathing panel with a good track record is the ZIP system. But even with ZIP sheathing panels, any of us here would likely opt for the ones thatdon'thave integrated insulation to be on the safe side.
Thanks RJ. I am in Niagara. The timber frame construction has full 6 inch deep cavities. Since the house has been renovated piecemeal over the last 50 years, the type and quality of insulation varies greatly throughout; many of the spaces are filled from the inside with Roxul (by me), with a 6 mil vapour barrier on the room side. However, there are still a few rooms that I didn't gut that still have 1960's and '70's Fibreglass pink that has likely settled or wasn't the full 6" thick to begin with. In addition, effective leak sealing and air control has been a nightmare, especially when attempting it from the inside, and on a room-by-room basis. Hence the tear-off from the outside, with the goal to replace the pink with Roxul, and control some of the leakage I couldn't tame on the inside with a good exterior wrap.
I am also aware of the slight danger in tightening up the house to the point where the leaks are fewer but are now concentrated, and focus a good amount of the moisture leaving the house into several areas in the wall cavities, and rotting those out. I am hoping my 'natural' ventilation holes (dryer vent, wood stove chimney, bathroom vent, etc) all serve to relieve some of that pressure. Stripping the house from the outside will also give me a good look at what the last 30 years of tightening up the house has done in terms of collecting moisture anywhere inside the walls.
考虑到我的地理位置，6英寸的深度和由此产生的R-20+，使用附加R5绝缘的护套远远不是优先考虑的。And at $600/year in natural gas heating and a wood stove burning half the time in the colder months, the house can't bethatleaky or under-insulated. I am cognizant of needing to avoid inadvertently adding a second vapour barrier on the outside, as you have warned. From what I have read of the two products I listed, both address that issue in their literature, and give moisture permiability ratings, which are in line with standard house wraps, though testing standards and posted descriptions are sometimes 'apples and oranges'. The foil one I believe is perforated in some manner to allow moisture vapour transfer outward, but repel water penetration from the outside. But you are right... why tempt fate? It wouldn't be the first new and innovative building product that has been discovered to have failed over time.
我想我将回到标准的护套产品/系统，并检查您列出的链接的内容。
Take care,
Steve
Judging by your well-written response, I think you have a pretty good handle on this Steve. Doing an air barrier room by room from the inside is indeed, something of an exercise in futility. So for sure you will have greater success working from the outside if you can. And as you mention, there’s no sense tempting fate - EPS with perforated foil is going to be more breathable than say, EPS with un-perforated foil, but a breathable house wrap and Rockwool is still a safer route.
I wouldn’t worry about tightening it up too much, I would go for it and then if its nice and airtight you can then put in an HRV. The only way to really determine that is to do a blower door test, that will cost you a few hundred bucks probably but it will give you the answers you need. And if you do it after you install your exterior air barrier but before you install siding, you can use it as a tool for finding any remaining leaks.
If you end up needing an HRV, you may not be too excited about running ducts all around the house, in which case you might be a candidate for aductless wall-insert HRV.