Pro Clima Promo Winner Puts Certified Building Wrap to Good Use

Adroit Builders are the proud winners of two rolls of SOLITEX EXTASANA building wrap — branded for Certified Builders’ members. The Pro Clima team met with Oscar Williams of Adroit at his latest build in Puhoi to find out a little more about the project — and also happened to meet Oscar's clients.

David Kelly, Chairman of Zeald, and his wife Lisa are building their family’s dream home on a scenic rural plot of land. The first building on their site is a shed/man cave/minor dwelling. Lisa isn’t too fussed on having a man-cave first, but is happy to tolerate this — the family will live in the building while they build the main dwelling. Oscar approached David with the option of using pro clima’s SOLITEX EXTASANA CodeMark approved building wrap which he jumped at. Oscar and his building partner Matthew Hanna have used these products in the past and are pleased to be able to rely on them again.

These building underlays are non-porous and have been tested to resist more than 10,000mm of water column pressure. SOLITEX building wraps are at the same time extremely vapour open with a moisture vapour transmission rate (MVTR) of 0.75MNS/g and will actively dry out the framing and insulation layer. These wraps work in combination with the TESCON range of flashing and sill tapes and ROFLEX and KAFLEX penetration seals to complete the weathertightness layer. The question was asked, “Why do I need 10,000mm of weathertightness?”. Of course the answer is "You don’t." However, knowing it is actually watertight is the point — unaffected by washing the building with detergents, timber treatments, wind pressure (it’s windtight too). Adroit Builders have confidence in the performance of the products for the construction period and for 50+ years.

CodeMark certified, SOLITEX EXTASANA is now available to Certified Builders with the new NZCB logo printed onto it.

Ask about the new peel and stick version which is fully adhered to a rigid substrate for even greater performance in high wind.

Wall Underlay (SOLITEX EXTASANA)

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SOLITEX EXTASANA is a synthetic flexible wall underlay designed for New Zealand conditions, produced in Germany, and exceeds all of the testing standards of E2/AS1 Table 23.

Has been assessed for use as a flexible wall underlay on timber framed buildings within the following scope:

the scope limitations of NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1, Paragraph 1.1; and,
with absorbent wall claddings directly fixed to framing; and,
with non-metallic, non-absorbent wall claddings directly fixed to frame; and,
with absorbent and non-absorbent wall claddings installed over an 18 mm minimum drained cavity; and,
with masonry veneer in accordance with NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1; and,
situated in NZS 3604:2011 Wind Zones up to, and including ‘Very High’.

Has been assessed for use as a flexible wall underlay on steel framed buildings within the following scope:

the scope limitations of NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1, Paragraph 1.1 with regards to building height and floor plan area; and,
with absorbent and non-absorbent wall claddings installed over an 18 mm minimum drained cavity; and,
with masonry veneer in accordance with NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1; and,
situated in NZS 3604:2011 Wind Zones up to, and including ‘Very High’.

Has been assessed for use as a flexible wall underlay over rigid wall underlays on timber and steel framed buildings within the following scope:

the scope limitations of NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1 (August 2011), Paragraph 1.1 with regards to building height and floor plan area; and,
with absorbent and non-absorbent wall claddings installed over an 18 mm minimum drained cavity; and,
with masonry veneer in accordance with NZBC Acceptable Solution E2/AS1; and,
situated in NZS 3604:2011 Wind Zones up to and including ‘Extra High’

Low Wind Zone

Very High WInd Zone

If used, designed, installed and maintained in accordance with the statements and conditions of the Installation Guide and the Codemark Certificate, will meet, or contribute to meeting the following provisions of the NZBC:

Clause B2 DURABILITY: Performance B2.3.1(a), not less than 50 years, B2.3.1(b), 15 years and B2.3.2. meets these requirements.
Clause E2 EXTERNAL MOISTURE: Performance E2.3.2. When used as part of the cladding system, will contribute to meeting this requirement.
Clause F2 HAZARDOUS BUILDING MATERIALS: Performance F2.3.1. Meets this requirement and will not present a health hazard to people.

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