Understanding the importance of proper water and moisture management in homes built for today’s energy codes.

Join presenter Steve Easley, a leading building science consultant, as he presents a free webinar for builders and architects in which he examines water and moisture related failures – the greatest cause of call-backs and litigation in residential building. Steve will explain why new energy efficient construction requirements are creating wall systems that have much slower drying potential and reduced capacity for inward and outward drying, and the resulting potential for expensive moisture related wall defects and failures. He’ll cover recent research and historical experience with rain screens and ventilated cladding systems and how they can reduce expensive call-backs. Photos and real-world examples of field failures of home enclosure systems will be shared and simple, cost-effective solutions to prevent water related damage will be discussed. You’ll earn 1 LU | HSW credit at this FREE webinar. This is a LIVE Event – no recording will made available.

Best Design and Construction Practices to Reduce Water and Moisture Related Failures

Date: Monday, May 18, 2020, 2:00 - 3:30 PM (ET) 

CEU Credits: 1 LU | HSW

Attending this webinar can help you:

• Understand current research on wall performance and the building science behind how walls get wet and the factors that most effect their ability to dry.

• Identify the construction mistakes that lead to water related failures, costly call backs litigation and affordable, reliable solutions.

• Walk away with the knowledge of how to select and properly install rain screen systems to create ventilated cladding system for composite claddings, lap and panel siding, synthetic stone and stucco wall claddings.

• Learn the pros & cons to three most common approaches to water managed wall systems and how these methods differ for barrier wall, drainage wrap walls and rain screen wall systems – and how to employ the new, thin profile, rain screen systems