Flashing & Moisture Control Best Practices:
Masonry Wall Assemblies
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 | 12-1 p.m. Eastern Time
1 LU/HSW
Moisture management for exterior masonry wall assemblies is essential to protecting a building and its occupants from moisture-related issues. Learn how to mitigate mold and bacteria growth, steel corrosion, failure of adhesives, staining, spalling, and cracking. Understand best practices for flashing strategies at critical locations like base-of-wall, sills, window heads, shelf angles, top-of-wall, and roof-to-wall interfaces. You’ll walk away with a better understanding of appropriate flashing system materials, and strategies to help you create an optimal moisture control design and installation.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the 4 fundamental moisture sources to control in exterior wall assemblies.
- Learn how to select appropriate flashing system components for durable moisture control.
- Review key interface details within exterior wall assemblies to manage moisture.
- Gain insight into proven methods to design, detail, and construct flashing systems.
About the Speaker
Pat Conway
Director Of Industry Development And Technical Services, IMI
Pat is a registered architect in Wisconsin. He is a distinguished national masonry author and speaker.
He is a prolific presenter on masonry wall system topics, including flashing, movement control, high-performance masonry wall systems, air barriers, efficient wall design, structural masonry concepts, masonry drawings and specifications review, modern open-jointed rainscreen veneer systems, creative masonry design, masonry lintels, single-wythe masonry walls, lessons-learned from the job site, and adhered veneers.
