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2014-11-20 Windows and Water Leakage Baker PDF
2014-11-20 Windows and Water Leakage Baker PDF
Overview
Window Classifications
Laboratory Test Standards
Specifying Windows and Testing
Field Performance Testing
Peter Baker, P.Eng.
Window/Door Failures
Windows and Water Leakage Testing Window/Door Details (residential)
Window/Door Details (commercial)
BSC Experts Session 2014
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Totally Clear?
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BIG RANT
HERE
BSC Experts Session BSC Experts Session
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BSC Experts Session BSC Experts Session
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Assume test chamber is 5’x5’ to 7’x7’ (25ft2 to 50ft2) Assume test chamber is 7’x7’ to 10’x10’ (50ft2 to
2,500ft2 to 5,000ft2 divided by 25ft2 to 50ft2 100ft2)
1% to 2% 5,000ft2 to 10,000ft2 divided by 50ft2 to 100ft2
1% to 2%
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P2 = 0 in H20
Should be the party that is responsible for the failure
P1 P2
P1 = 1 in H20
1”
P2 = 0 in H20
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P1 = 1 in H20 P1 = 1 in H20
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P2 = 0 in H20 P3 = 0 in H20
P2 P2
P1 P1
0.5” 1.0”
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Walls Walls
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Walls Walls
Walls Walls
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Walls
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Windows/Doors Windows/Doors
Physics/Strategies Window Seals
Gravity Recommend Three Seal Locations
Pressure Moderation (Two-stage joints) Primary – integrated with the wall water control layer
Interior – interior air seal for pressure moderation
Three seals
Exterior – weather/aesthetic seal at the window to cladding
Primary
interface
Interior
Exterior
Pan flashed and drained openings
Dealing the window industry (they are a force unto
themselves)
Windows/Doors Walls
Window Seals
For flanged windows the primary seal is made be
taping the flanged to the wall WRB
For non-flanged windows, the primary seal will either
be:
A backer rod and sealant joint
A membrane flange adhered directly to the window frame and
WRB.
Interior Seal is typically a backer rod and sealant joint
or a bead of low expansion foam
Exterior is typically a backer rod and sealant joint
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Walls Windows/Doors
Window Installation
Three general types
Flush with WRB
Recessed opening
Bucked out opening
Flush with WRB is easiest, lowest cost and least risky
Windows/Doors Windows/Doors
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Questions?
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