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Pro Clima Tape Cheat Sheet A guide to the differences and advantages of Pro Clima tapes Pro Clima is the leader in airtight systems. After deciding on your assembly using your Smart Enclosure guide, choosing the appropriate WRB, and selecting your all-important airtight interior vapor retarder (hint: INTELLO Plus, that’s easy), choos … read more

Nature Does It Best: Gutex Wood Fiberboard Insulation "Wood" you like continuous 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 of post-industrial, recycled wood chi … read more

How To Prepare For High Performance Windows Windows might make you nervous. They're often big and heavy, yet fragile. And in a high performance building, windows are the most expensive components. But that investment in great windows has a big payoff as well. High performance windows deliver on interior comfort and building efficie … read more

ADHERO Unimpressed by 75Pa Pressure Difference - ASTM E2357 The Pro Clima ADHERO self-adhered, monolithic, vapour permeable membrane is the state of the art in durable weather-resistive barriers and roof underlayments. This membrane is part of a complete Pro Clima air sealing and moisture management system. It was logical then that th … read more

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 it? Didn’t think so. Our big event is 2050 - a date toward which all carbon reduction goals are aimed. And while we insulate fo … read more

Adhesive Bonds and Failures What's Going On? We use adhesives to form airtight and watertight enclosures. It is essential that the adhesive bonds are strong and lasting.... 50 years, 100 years, and longer. How do we know when we have the right kind of adhesion? What are the different ways a tape's adhesion will be able to provide us … read more