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Green Building Bible, fourth edition (both books)
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General: Suitable sealant materials.

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    • CommentAuthorRimu Homes
    • CommentTimeAug 22nd 2007
     
    Hi,

    In another thread the issue of sealants came up but was not fully discussed. In our homes we use Sikaflex 552, http://www.sikaindustry.com/tds-ipd-sf552-us.pdf.

    We try to use sustainable products where possible ,but I hadn't given much thougtht to the properties of the sealants. Is this stuff good/bad or are there other products I should be looking at in relation to green cred.
    Hope the are some chemists ot there?
    • CommentAuthortony
    • CommentTimeAug 22nd 2007
     
    Linseed oil based ones are good. Biff uses them all the time.

    I prefer not to have to use sealants and stick strips of polythene to my frames and then plaster it in to the wall -- hermetic no maintenance and cheap.
    • CommentAuthorRimu Homes
    • CommentTimeAug 22nd 2007
     
    Hi Tone.

    Could you explain your strips of polythene method. are you just plastering it at the joints

    We currently fix our osb to the inside of our frames on a beade of sealant this acts as our "draft proof layer".
    We then have a service cavity and fermacell lining.
    • CommentAuthortony
    • CommentTimeAug 22nd 2007
     
    How about trapping a strip of polythene between the frame and the wood sheet material with plenty of fixings and then joining that with your vapour or air tightness barrier?

    I am not a fan of timber frame as you may know.

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