[Greenbuilding] Water Barrier
Corwyn
corwyn at midcoast.com
Fri Mar 1 09:46:16 CST 2013
A water barrier is designed to keep *liquid* water on one side of it. A
vapor barrier is designed to keep *gaseous* water on one side of it.
Often a water barrier is purposefully made to NOT be a vapor barrier.
The common example is gore-tex clothing. It keeps the rain out, but
allows the vapor of evaporated sweat from the occupant to escape.
Thank You Kindly,
Corwyn
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Topher Belknap
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