Designers react to Tyvek videos (and explain them too)

Описание: What is Dupont Tyvek? Is it paper or plastic? What purposed does it serve wrapping a building? How is it installed? Does it ever fail? We answer all these questions in our video!
Tyvek is a High Density Polyethylene HDPE plastic sheet that acts as an air, moisture, and vapor barrier for buildings when installed correctly.

00:41 How is Tyvek made?
5:54 Three types of weather resistant barriers/WRBs
8:58 Water test on Tyvek
11:35 Installtion of Tyvek
12:15 4 most common ways air barriers is achieved
15:20 Vapor barrier property of Tyvek
16:04 Perm rating of materials
19:!7 Tyvek fails
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Tyvek:    • Видео  
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Air barriers: https://www.buildingscience.com/docum...
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Tyvek Wrap Caps: https://www.buildsite.com/pdf/dupontt...

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