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Choosing the right products for the right build, to fit often tight budgets is a daily challenge for architects and specifiers. Greater energy efficiency and an airtight building envelope, once the preserve of ‘green’ building standards, are becoming mainstream requirements for many new builds. Ecoply Barrier is designed to help the construction industry provide kiwis with weathertight, more secure and safer homes.

As the experts in the design and planning process, you don’t want your clients to have difficulty getting sign-off. This is why Ecoply Barrier has been developed, tested and third party-appraised with architects and builders in mind.

In specifying Ecoply Barrier, you can take confidence from the fact that you’ve recommended a proven building solution supported by leading technical literature, robust peer review and an outstanding performance history.

The BRANZ Appraised Ecoply® Barrier provides many benefits:

• A weathertight rigid air barrier system
• Structural bracing
• Strong secondary line of defence against moisture penetration
• Simple installation process
• And, most importantly, happy and secure clients

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“ Timber is a great, reliable product that has been around forever. ”

Allan McIntosh - Buildology

WHAT IS ECOPLY® BARRIER?

Ecoply Barrier is an H3.2 CCA-treated structural plywood panel sealed on the face and edges using an advanced polyester coating process. Ecoply Barrier includes specially designed sealing tapes to provide a weathertight rigid air barrier for drained and vented cavity systems outside the building frame, effectively replacing traditional building wrap in the cavity. It provides structural bracing and forms a strong secondary line of defence to prevent moisture penetrating the building envelope (the primary defence being the exterior cladding).

Ecoply Barrier offers a true system approach to creating a rigid air barrier, with all components specifically designed to work together. The engineered plywood panel is sealed with a unique powder coating which, when used with Ecoply Barrier Tapes, forms a moisture-resistant barrier, eliminating the need for flexible building wrap.

Key benefits of Ecoply® Barrier for specifiers:

• Addresses the two of the ‘4Ds’ of weathertightness - drying and drainage.
• Withstands exposure to the elements for up to 180 days before exterior cladding needs to be installed.
• Catapults a project forward with immediate close-in - work can start on exterior and interior simultaneously, potentially saving 2-4 weeks on typical residential builds*.
• Can achieve structural bracing outside the building frame.

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