http://www.buildingscience.com Documents that have been recently added to the website, with the most recent first for each document type. daily 1 2010-02-15T02:42:46Z http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/published-articles/pa-foam-shrinks What we learned from updating a 16-year-old deep-energy retrofit. Reprinted with permission from Fine Homebuilding, February/March 2012, pages 55-59. No publisher Joseph Lstiburek guidance-Enclosure design principles deep energy retrofit moisture-Physics of Moisture Control doc-PublishedArticle Retrofit 2012-01-25T00:38:21Z BSC File http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-057-hockey-pucks-and-hydrostatic-pressure An edited version of this Insight first appeared in the ASHRAE Journal. Water causes enough trouble by itself, but when we add salt we go to a whole different level, especially where porous materials are concerned. What is the deal with porous materials? Simple, porous materials are capable of wicking water large distances due to capillary suction. And when water can move large distances only bad things can happen. No publisher Joseph Lstiburek guidance-Enclosure design principles moisture-Physics of Moisture Control doc-Insight ASHRAE 2012-02-07T17:31:34Z Link Content Inner Proxy http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-057-hockey-pucks-and-hydrostatic-pressure Water managed foundation systems are different from waterproofing systems. Waterproofing relies on creating a watertight barrier without holes. It can’t be done. No publisher Joseph Lstiburek guidance-Enclosure design principles moisture-Physics of Moisture Control doc-Insight ASHRAE 2012-02-07T17:31:34Z Link Content Inner Proxy http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-057-hockey-pucks-and-hydrostatic-pressure An edited version of this Insight first appeared in the ASHRAE Journal. Engineers are pretty funny people. Engineers say that 1 inch of water exerts a force of – wait for it – 1 inch. Yup, 1 inch of water weighs 1 inch of water. It’s a gift we engineers have. Let me help you all out a little bit here, go suck on a straw and draw 1 inch of water up into the straw. No publisher Joseph Lstiburek guidance-Enclosure design principles moisture-Physics of Moisture Control doc-Insight ASHRAE 2012-02-07T17:31:34Z BSC Article http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-057-hockey-pucks-and-hydrostatic-pressure No publisher Joseph Lstiburek guidance-Enclosure design principles moisture-Physics of Moisture Control doc-Insight ASHRAE 2012-02-07T17:31:34Z Image Content Inner Proxy http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-057-hockey-pucks-and-hydrostatic-pressure No publisher Joseph Lstiburek guidance-Enclosure design principles moisture-Physics of Moisture Control doc-Insight ASHRAE 2012-02-07T17:31:34Z Image Content Inner Proxy http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-057-hockey-pucks-and-hydrostatic-pressure No publisher Joseph Lstiburek guidance-Enclosure design principles moisture-Physics of Moisture Control doc-Insight ASHRAE 2012-02-07T17:31:34Z Image Content Inner Proxy http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-057-hockey-pucks-and-hydrostatic-pressure No publisher Joseph Lstiburek guidance-Enclosure design principles moisture-Physics of Moisture Control doc-Insight ASHRAE 2012-02-07T17:31:34Z Image Content Inner Proxy http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-057-hockey-pucks-and-hydrostatic-pressure No publisher Joseph Lstiburek guidance-Enclosure design principles moisture-Physics of Moisture Control doc-Insight ASHRAE 2012-02-07T17:31:34Z Image Content Inner Proxy http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-057-hockey-pucks-and-hydrostatic-pressure No publisher Joseph Lstiburek guidance-Enclosure design principles moisture-Physics of Moisture Control doc-Insight ASHRAE 2012-02-07T17:31:34Z Image Content Inner Proxy