Installing a window without a cavity
Want a quick guide to installing a window in a wall where a low level of weathertightness risk permits direct fixing of the cladding to the wall framing? Follow these easy steps for a snug-fitting window.
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By Trevor Pringle – 1 October 2005, Build 90
Want a quick guide to installing a window in a wall where a low level of weathertightness risk permits direct fixing of the cladding to the wall framing? Follow these easy steps for a snug-fitting window.
By Trevor Pringle – 1 October 2005, Build 90
In a perfect world, perfectly straight weatherboards would stay that way when fixed in place. In the real world they behave otherwise, unless a few precautions are taken.
1 October 2005, Build 90
For most skillion roofs the amount of air movement in the roof cavity, although limited, is sufficient to remove small amounts of vapour. The trick is to keep those amounts of water vapour small.