Material & Building Science
Single-Use Plastics Are Out - CONTEGA HF Adhesive Is In
You can’t tell by looking at the new CONTEGA HF containers, but discarded yogurt cups and soda bottles helped bring this valuable adhesive to your job site. The new black...
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CONTEGA HF 100-Year-Adhesion
HOW DO YOU TEST FOR 100 YEARS? Independent tests at the University of Kassel in Germany have confirmed it: CONTEGA HF achieves 100-year-adhesion. Of course, researchers didn’t just watch the...
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Adhesive Bonds and Failures: What's Going On?
Adhesives are foundational to airtight and watertight enclosures. It is essential that the adhesives we use bond for as much as 50 years, 100 years, or longer. How do we...
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Why We Prioritize Airtightness
We’ve heard the chorus of misinformation throughout years of speaking to builders across North America: “Buildings need to breathe – you’ll destroy them if you make them airtight”. “In a...
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ADHERO and VISCONN Flex Their Airtight & Waterproof Might
Although other WRBs may have entered the arena for the ASTM E331 (water infiltration testing) challenge, Pro Clima's ADHERO self-adhered membrane and VISCONN liquid-applied membrane emerge the champions. In independent,...
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Building In Fall & Winter? INTELLO Will Protect You
So you’re building a high-performance, low energy building - maybe even a Passive House. What's the Problem? INTELLO PLUS Double-Wide intalled in a new build on Prince Edward Island, Canada....
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Head to Head Heat Test: EPS vs GUTEX vs Mineral Wool
It’s Hot Outside! (and getting hotter) GUTEX is Superior Summertime Thermal Insulation Building insulation has been largely driven by cold climate performance concerns. We typically ask “What’s the R-Value?” to...
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Nature Does it Best: Gutex Wood Fiberboard Insulation
Gutex, based in the Black Forest of Germany, has produced insulation from wood for over 85 years. Today, Gutex is a leader in innovative, environmentally-friendly manufacturing. Gutex uses a mixture...
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5 Reasons Why Airtight Drywall Is Obsolete
After keeping the rain out, airtightness is the most important thing we can do to make our buildings energy efficient and comfortable - that's a building science fact. A fully...
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Gutex vs XPS: Insulating in a Hot House World
High-Performance Gutex Wood Fiber Insulating Materials Outperform Foam Due to the density and specific heat capacity of wood, Gutex wood fiber insulation is able to far outperform unsustainable and...
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ADHERO unimpressed by 75Pa pressure difference - ASTM E2357
The Pro Clima ADHERO self-adhered, monolithic, vapor permeable membrane is the state of the art in durable weather-resistive barriers and roof underlayments. This membrane is part of a complete Pro...
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Gutex Wood Fiber Insulation: A Carbon Solution on Day One
If you have a big event coming up, and you want to lose some weight before the event, would you first gain a bunch of weight before you dropped...
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INTELLO Airtight System Aces Laboratory Assembly Tests
First interior air barrier system to be successfully tested to ASTM E2357 and compliant with IECC, IRC 2015 and ASHRAE 90.1 Selecting appropriate materials and systems to form an inboard...
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Smart Vapor Control, Magical Thinking and Goldilocks
Be sure to protect your building for its entire lifetime In an endurance test, it’s critical to have capabilities in reserve to handle the unexpected: And the life of a...
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In the PHI Lab and In the Field: INTELLO Tests Tightest
Pro Clima's INTELLO airtight system proven by Certification of the Passive House Institute and at the University of Northern British Columbia. INTELLO Plus testing. Photo Credit: PHI KAFLEX & ROFLEX...
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Leaky OSB: A Game of Chance
Everyday at 475 we have dozens of conversations with builders all over North America. We often generate the ideas for this blog based on common trends, questions, and concerns... basically,...
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How to Make It Stick: Preparing Surfaces For High Performance Air Sealing
A little housekeeping goes a long way. We sell Pro Clima tapes because they are incredible products. They promise long-term airtightness that will last for 100 years, are highly flexible...
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How And When Smart Vapor Retarders Should Open Up -- INTELLO's Decade+ Of Safe Construction
Installing exterior vapor retarding layers such as asphalt roofs, flat roof membranes and OSB sheathing can create challenging situations in well-insulated walls and roofs. However, such assemblies can be safely...
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Create a Safety Buffer with INTELLO
Drive Safe, Build Safe As we get ready to drive over the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks, our minds turn to safety and the risks we take for granted every day....
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ZIP vs SOLITEX: a WRB Comparison
Why SOLITEX is the best WRB solution We often get asked how Proclima's SOLITEX Mento compares to Zip and Tyvek for weather protection. Here's a short answer: SOLITEX Mento ensures...
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