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Webpage featuring hundreds of illustrations of masonry construction details for brick, congrete, stone, tile, stucco, etc.

Report covering the fundamental waterproofing strategies for tub and shower assemblies.

Research study discussing how housewraps restrict or permit the passage of water molecules based on size, but cannot control the direction in which the water vapor molecules move.

Report exploring four questions to determine the level of risk associated with adding drained exterior insulation to the exterior of an existing home during an energy retrofit.

Report describing the work conducted for high performance hybrid assemblies.

Report summarizing the importance of properly insulating and air sealing masonry walls, providing step by step instructions and approaches.

Document describing issues of wind pressure resistance in walls with exterior rigid foam sheathing installed directly over framing members.

Report explaining moisture-related concerns for high R-value wall assemblies and discusses past Building America research work that informs this study.

Expert Meeting about interior insulation retrofit of mass masonry wall assemblies held on July 30, 2011.

Measure Guideline research report providing simple, long term, and durable solutions when using tapes and flashing membranes in conjunction with the exterior face of rigid polymeric foam sheathing to create the drainage plane of a wall system.