Describes test apparatus and procedure and gives results of air leakage tests on various types of wood frame construction. Also gives the results of tests on the effect of adding sheathing paper, plaster, wall paper and paint. Concludes that air leakage through a frame wall construction containing building paper or plaster properly applied is negligibly small. Single-surfaced walls showed considerable leakage.
Air infiltration through various types of wood frame construction.
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Year:
1930
Bibliographic info:
ASHVE trans. vol. 36 p397-428