Compressible gaskets keep air and water barriers continuous without liquid sealants or adhesive tapes. But they don’t all last equally well. In the U.S., we tend to put a lot of faith in caulks, tapes, and wet-applied sealants. But in Europe it’s a different story. Some Gaskets can be used in place of tapes or …
Sealing Without Stickum: Gaskets Make a Place for Themselves Read More »
Caulk joint sealants can be a major deciding factor in how long your building envelope lasts. Is there a better way to predict how long the sealants last? Durability, or service life, is critical to the overall performance of liquid caulk joint sealants in the water and air barriers in our buildings. If we can …
Sustainable Sealants: The Challenges of Predicting Service Life Read More »
Think you understand pressure-sensitive adhesives? Think. Again. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Do not try this at home.) My last post in this series on adhesives, sealants, and tapes ended with this line: “We hope to follow up this baseline ideal conditions testing with more field-like conditions.” Introducing the WTF research troupe Well, it took a while, but we finally …
Shocking Truth About Tapes Emerges from Wingnut Test Facility! Read More »
A research engineer at Pella Windows finally offers some adult supervision for our benchtop tape tests. When the Wingnut Test Facility (WTF) took its tape testing protocols on the road, as I reported in my last post, a stranger stepped forward to politely offer some “adult supervision.” It’s true that there aren’t any industry standards for …
4 Insider Tips for Choosing Flashing Tapes, from a Real-Life Engineer Read More »
Our Real-World Flashing Tape Tests Find a Clear Winner We took the best PSA tapes from our last round of testing and worked them over on rough OSB and window flanges. One tape worked no matter what. Bring the expertise and passion of BuildingGreen to your next event! Our appearances are frequently noted as …
Tension and pressure, tears and creeps. The Wingnut Test Facility (WTF) gets dope-slapped in our latest round of experiments. The Wingnut Test Facility, or WTF, conducting new PSA tape testing in preparation for the NESEA BE14 Demonstration Stages, learned how half a dozen or so tapes are performing on half a dozen different substrates. We also …
Testing Pressure-Sensitive Tapes: Rounds Two and Three Read More »
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