Air Flow Pathways in a Leaky Exterior Wall

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I found some interesting air leakage evidence while remodeling my bathroom

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This spring I spent a lot of hours in my bathroom. I was sick. Really. I was sick and tired of having an outdated bathroom that was falling apart. So when my wife hit the road one Monday in late April to drive across the country, I got out my wrecking bar. The lead photo shows what it looked like at the end of my first full day of demolition.

I opened up the plumbing wall first. Lots of fun stuff, there. But the real fun came when I opened up the exterior wall. The four termite-damaged studs were part of that fun, but something else was even better.

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[source: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/articles/dept/building-science/air-flow-pathways-leaky-exterior-wall]


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