Date:         Sat, 22 Jan 2005 08:56:35 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Brown Bread/B-quiet/Dynamat
Comments: To: Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <41F20B2B.23071.126605CE@swright.zuiko.sls.bc.ca>
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What Shawn describes is exactley what I used on my van 4 years ago.
Cost around Ca$80/roll (approx 3 ft wide roll, one roll more than
enough to do the van, even using 4 layers in places).


Alistair


'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94
http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/

On 22-Jan-05, at 8:13 AM, Shawn Wright wrote:

> It is used in this area around window frames, especially on new houses
> with stucco,
> where water penetration in our wet climate is an issue (search on
> "leaky condos in
> BC" for more gruesome details). The stuff I've seen is a thick black
> rubber mat (1/16
> to 1/8" thick) , with a peel off plastic on one side revealing
> adhesive, and a light blue
> plastic coating on the exposed side. My neighbour also used it where
> the concrete
> porch is poured up against the rim joists. I don't recall the name,
> but maybe this
> description will help locate it. About one in 5 houses on my street
> used it during
> construction in the past 2 years. I think it may be the same stuff
> used as roofing "ice
> guard" in climates prone to such problems.