Évolution de la conception des murs en vue d’empêcher la pénétration de la pluie

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40002933
Author	Search for: Chown, G. A.¹; Search for: Brown, W. C.¹; Search for: Poirier, G. F.¹
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
Format	Text, Issue
Physical description	12 p.
Subject	Rainscreen walls
Abstract	When masonry walls were thick and the materials used quite porous, their very mass absorbed the rainwater and later released it. Eventually, though, walls became thinner and something had to be done to prevent rain penetration. That could be either a face-sealed wall, which in a sense is a rainwater barrier in the form of vinyl or aluminum cladding on the outside wall, or a cavity wall, which consists of one wall just to catch the rain and an adjacent cavity to serve as moisture break. With open rainscreen walls, which reflect current thinking in wall construction, the cladding constitutes the first line of defence. And then there is a second line of defence.
Publication date	1997-12-01
Publisher	Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Institut de recherche en construction
Series	Solution constructive, no. 9 (1 December 1997).
Note	Also available in English: Evolution of wall design for controlling rain penetration
Language	French
Peer reviewed	No
NPARC number	21274868
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