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CMHC research project - testing of air barriers construction details

CMHC
1991
CMHC Report No. 30132.OR/2
air leakage

CMHC, (1991), CMHC research project - testing of air barriers construction details, CMHC Report No. 30132.OR/2.
Abstract:
tests showed that wood-frame walls without an air barrier system leaked between 0.22 and 0.24 cfm/ft^2 (1.1 - 1.2 L/s.m^2)

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