For indoor cultivation facility owners that need to control the spread of moisture, mold and pest contaminants in fire rated buildings, Crane Composites’ Hygienic Wall Solution provides enhanced durability, bulk water and air infiltration resistance unlike PVC plank alternatives.
I’ve been in the plastering industry for almost 50 years. I started out as a hod carrier, worked for 18 years as a journeyman plasterer, served as the Executive Director of the Sacramento Valley Bureau for Lath and Plaster, and served on the Northern California Apprenticeship Committee.
Commercial and single family residential construction techniques have seen a change in recent years. Today, tightening the structures to prevent thermal leakage is a common practice.
The ways in which liquid and vapor move through our building envelopes are complex, and even today not completely understood; but the fact that lots of water can (and does) move through porous building materials is a phenomenon that rules over so much of the way we build.
In order to tackle the moisture issues in Pebble Beach, California, Keene Building Products installed their "Driwall Rainscreen 020-1" behind the stucco of a home.