Wall Insulation Made For Vancouver City Energy Codes

Vertibreak® VC (Vancouver Code)

R10*
Rainscreen-and-insultation-in-one

Meet rainscreen & insulation codes in one step!
Speed up your installation time
Reduce your installation cost

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Rainscreen & Insulation Installation in One

VC was designed to meet even the City of Vancouver’s stringent energy code standards and can be used in 2x4 or 2x6 construction. The product helps meet the Vancouver Code, R22, in a typical 2x4 wall system (BC Energy Step code 1-3+) as well as made to meet R27 to R28 in a typical 2x6 wall system (Step Code 4-5+).

R10, RSI 1.76 ( 2 11/16")

Vertibreak VC Wall Insulation Installation

Works well with fibre cement cladding for direct attachment overtop of Vertibreak®!

Perfect for Vancouver's 'rainforest' climate.

Modelled by Vancouver-based Building Envelope Engineering firm to allow for drying in the unfortunate event of a leak even in the 'rainforest' climate of Vancouver, BC Canada

How else can Vertibreak® help your project?

Long Term Successful Cladding Attachment with most common claddings Confirmed in 3rd Party Deflection testing.
Use of exterior insulation can move the dew point resulting in less condensation, mould & rot.
Veritbreak 4 & 6 are 'semi-vapour open'(semi-permeable) so that potential moisture vapour has some ability to escape from walls.
Not as susceptible to shrinking, warping, cupping and other wood furring issues which may cause uneven or wavy siding

Creates a more robust air barrier when used in conjunction with a taped housewrap system.
Individual drainage channels may aid 'compartmentalization' for pressure equalization resulting in less moisture transfer across drainage cavity.
Limits the ability for 'ballooning' of housewrap which may otherwise cause tears or air barrier failure.

Meet rainscreen & insulation codes in one step!

Exceeds National Building Code of Canada and BC Building Code capillary break / rainscreen requirements.

Meets the NRC's "Tables for Calculating Effective Thermal Resistance of Opaque Assemblies"

Meets Table 9.23.17.2.A of National Building code as a suitable backing for cladding.

Three building code-exceeding products

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Exterior rainscreen insulation for your residential or commercial building. Increase the R-value/RSI value of your exterior walls with this all-in-one rainscreen insulation. No need for furring strips, this patented technology is the rainscreen insulation that achieves both the energy and rainscreen requirements of the Canadian National Building Code, BC Building Code, and Vancouver Building Bylaw.