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by paulprice
Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:52 am -1100
Forum: WUFI Ireland & UK
Topic: Timber Frame Construction Analysis
Replies: 9
Views: 18692

judging wall on wood moisture content

Calina, Although, as you say, water content is not a good guide for insulations as some are hygroscopic and some are not, I have been thinking the water content of the wood sheathing (plywood or osb or panelvent) is a reasonable guide in that timber decay is likely if water content goes above 20%. F...
by paulprice
Tue Feb 08, 2011 10:11 am -1100
Forum: WUFI Ireland & UK
Topic: Timber Frame Construction Analysis
Replies: 9
Views: 18692

Daniel, I assume you mean in the insulation closest to the ventilated cavity rather than in the cavity itself? Lee, I had a go at many varying timber frame buildups with the 1% rain leak keeping u-value at 0.22 and using many varying buildups as wufi is really good at multiple cases. Definitely arri...
by paulprice
Fri Feb 04, 2011 11:02 am -1100
Forum: WUFI Ireland & UK
Topic: Coatings and cavities
Replies: 3
Views: 16529

Hi Calina, Many thanks for taking the time to reply in detail to the tough questions. Good to know the values for coatings now. (BTW that link to the other article does not seem to work for me.) Trying extremes of range makes sense to see what happens with leaks. Will try the A-value adjustment and ...
by paulprice
Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:12 am -1100
Forum: WUFI Ireland & UK
Topic: Coatings and cavities
Replies: 3
Views: 16529

Coatings and cavities

Hi Joseph and Calina, Playing around with the wufi parameters makes for interesting results but being confident that the parameters are correct is a challenge even if they are available. As clear in "Breaking the Mould V" and from course, driving rain penetration is key to weather a wall f...