The 2021 IBC has now been published, and with it came some significant changes/improvements for stucco assemblies over wood-based sheathing.

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.

MemBrain helps keep walls dry all year-round, significantly lowering the health and structural risks associated with moisture and mold. 

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.

ACH Foam Technologies announced that Foam-Control PLUS+’s water absorption max volume results of 0.3 percent in laboratory testing.

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.