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    membrane / sheathing

    In Ontario building code, "membrane" and "sheathing" are used thousands of times. When we are saying membrane in every day life, it means a thin sheet, like paper or wrapping sheet, while in OBC, a sheet of "gypsum board" can be called "gypsum board membrane", see OBC SB-2 2.3.4.(1). My...
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    • gypsum baord membrane penetration obc sheetrock
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    Townhouse attic firewall "intruder"

    Hi, As crazy as it may sound my tenant is convinced that her neighbor is "jumping" the firewall through the section of sheetrock installed on top of the cinderblock. The fire wall that separates two units is built with cinderblock but only up to a point then the wall finished with sheetrock...
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