Long-term field measurements of moisture in wooden walls with different types of facades: Focus on driving rain tightness
Paper in proceeding, 2015

Moisture damage has been found in houses having well-insulated, rendered (ETICS) wooden stud walls. However, there is no well documented experience from subsequent long-term monitoring of moisture conditions in such walls or indeed in other walls, for instance in ventilated facades. Long-term measurements show rain leakage within the exterior walls in five of a total of seven buildings during 2009-2011 and extended measurements until 2015 show continued leakages. We have not seen any difference in the number of leakage occasions when we compare ventilated and unventilated facades. It is also clear that the detailed solutions are not verified with regard to driving rain.

weather barrier

field test

moisture

driving rain

measurement

precipitation

wood

wall

facade

Author

Lars Olsson

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Building Technology

Energy Procedia

18766102 (ISSN)

Vol. 78 2518-2523

Areas of Advance

Building Futures (2010-2018)

Subject Categories

Civil Engineering

DOI

10.1016/j.egypro.2015.11.258

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Created

10/7/2017