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Digest 494 Using UK grown Douglas fir and larch timber for external cladding
Discusses the potential for two UK-grown species, Douglas fir and larch. These timbers have been benchmarked against western red cedar to determine their comparative properties as external cladding timbers during a 2-year BRE project.
Wood Information Sheet 1/35 Breather membranes for timber frame walls
Document History - Supersedes 1992 edition
All timber frame walls are designed to ‘breathe’. The term breathe refers to the ability of a wall to allow water vapour to diffuse through the structure from the inside of the building to the outside. To ensure that water cannot condense within the wall structure. Covers rules of thumb, performance requirements, applications and installation of breather membranes for timber frame walls.




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