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Building Enclosure Detailing for Balconies COLIN SHANE M.ENG., P.ENG. ASSOCIATE, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
RDH BUILDING SCIENCE INC.
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MARCH 2016
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! Building science basics
! Control layers (water, air, heat)
! The 4 D’s (deflection, drainage, drying, durability)
! Case studies
! How and where bad stuff happens
! How to do the tricky stuff right
! Code overview and what’s next
! A better way forward
Outline
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! Water control
! Air control
! Heat control
Building Science Basics
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Roof, Deck, or Balcony?
! Roof
! Separates interior and exterior space
! The top of a building
! Deck
! A roof that you also walk on
! Balcony
! Outside building’s heated perimeter
! A protection beyond the face of the building enclosure
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Deck or Balcony?
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Building Enclosure Functions
! Support:
! Loads – structural and environmental
! Finish:
! Look good?
! Control:
! Heat flow – thermal barrier
! Air flow – air barrier
! Vapor diffusion – vapor barrier
! Water penetration – water barrier
! Light and solar radiation
! Noise, fire, and smoke
! All of these apply to balconies too!
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Continuity of Control Layers
! Balconies typically project through the vertical wall and interrupt the control layers
! What happens to the control layers at the interface?
! Where is the air barrier?
! Thermal barrier?
! Water barrier?
! Vapor barrier?
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Continuity of Control Layers
! How to design a detail:
! Identify the 4 control layers within each assembly
! Connect each of the layers across the detail
! Do not lift your pencil off the page
! Select appropriate materials to make the necessary transitions
› There isn’t a ‘right’ way here
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Cantilevered Balcony – Control Layers
! Water barrier (red):
! Over a sloped and drained balcony surface
! The details are critical
! Air barrier (green):
! Use the shortest path possible
! Prevent interior air from entering balcony soffit
! Vent soffit
! Thermal barrier / vapor barriers
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Continuity of Air / Thermal Control Layers
! Air barrier and thermal barrier continuity often overlooked
! Difficult to reliably detail sheet membrane around penetrating joists
! Spray foam often used for air and thermal control
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Continuity of Air / Thermal Control Layers
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The 4 D’s of Water Penetration Control
! Deflection
! Minimize the amount of exposure to bulk water -
overhangs, drip edges, crickets
› If it doesn’t get wet, it can’t leak
! Drainage
! Slope and drain all areas that are to the exterior of
the water control layer
! Drying
! Wetting is OK if it dries before it causes a problem
! Balcony and parapet walls – limited drying
! Venting helps – if the air is dry
! Durability
! Use materials that can get wet
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! Lessons learned
Case Studies
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Water Enters at Details!
! The field of the membrane, or the selection of the membrane, is rarely the culprit
! Membrane durability is important for longevity and durability, but most premature failures have little to do with membrane selection
! Continuity of water control layer at interfaces and details
! 2D details do not adequately depict the 3D interfaces
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Water Enters At Details
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#1 – Metal Flashings / Copings
! Difficult to make metal flashing watertight
! Include membrane below and provision for drainage
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#1 – Metal Flashings / Copings
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#1 – Metal Flashings / Copings
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#1 – Metal Flashings / Copings
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#1 – Metal Flashings / Copings
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Drip Edges Matter
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#2 – Membrane durability & maintenance
! Liquid applied traffic coatings can work well… or poorly
! Adequate thickness and reinforcement at joints in substrate critical
! Plywood seams
! Flashing transitions
! Maintenance required
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#2 – Membrane durability & maintenance
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#3 – Overlooked Fascias
! Fascias need to be treated like walls
! WRB
! Drainage between cladding and WRB
! Use rainscreen approach
! More exposed to water than most wall areas
! No ‘free’ drying from heat loss from interior space
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#4 - Guardwalls (Parapets)
! Parapets often badly damaged
! Higher exposure
! Limited drying (no heat flow)
! Details:
! Tops
! Guardwall to deck
! Guardwall to wall
! Through-wall scuppers
! Repair:
! Replace walls with rails
! Fix the remaining details
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#4 – Guardwalls (Parapets)
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#4 – Guardwalls (Parapets)
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#4 – Guardwalls (Parapets)
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#5 – Bad Drainage / Concrete Topping Slab
! Concealed membrane with concrete topping slab
! Edge draining design but limited ability for water to drain at w.p. level
! Unvented soffits
! Repair:
! Remove and replace topping slab, membrane, and all transition details
! Reframe with new cantilevered joists 3 ft. into interior of bldg.
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#5 – Concrete Topping Slab
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#5 – Concrete Topping Slab
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#5 – Concrete Topping Slab
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#5 – Concrete Topping Slab
Critical to have good drainage at w.p. level!
Water barrier + drainage behind fascia
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#6 – Structural Concrete Balconies
! Concrete balconies are not immune to deterioration
! Numerous repairs required to exposed concrete buildings
! Carbonation of reinforcing steel, freeze-thaw damage
! Rebar corrosion, spalling
! Often replaced with precast or steel
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#6 – Structural Concrete Balconies
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#7 – Non-Durable Materials
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#7 – Non-Durable Materials
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#7 – Emergency Shoring
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Emergency Shoring
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#8 – Exhaust Vents
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#8 – Exhaust Vents
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#8 – Exhaust Vents
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How to Make Balconies Work
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Cantilevered Balcony - Saddles
Can you spot them?
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Cantilevered Balcony - Saddles
! 3-dimensional integration of assemblies
! Include a 3-dimensional detail
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Continuity of Water Control Layer
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Balcony Corner – Wood Frame
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Balcony/Deck Edge – Concrete Frame
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Balcony curb wall at slab edge
Window deflection head
Steel stud track
Metal sill angle
Rod and caulk backing for membrane
Seal stud track to slab
Foil Face peel-and-stick membrane
Standard peel-and-stick membrane
Fully reinforced liquid membrane
Balcony/Deck Edge – Concrete Frame
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Balcony Corner Saddle Flashing
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Balcony Corner Saddle Flashing
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Balcony Corner Saddle Flashing
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Balcony Corner Saddle Flashing
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Balcony Edge Flashing – Concrete Topping
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Framing
Wall Sheathing
Sheathing Paper
P.T. Wood Sloped Blocking
Sloped Blocking Membrane Flashing
Wall Membrane Flashing
Sheathing Paper
Corner Membrane Flashing
P.T. Wood Strapping
Metal Parapet Flashing
Stucco Cladding
Exterior Caulking
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Guardwall Flashing Details
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Parapet to Wall Flashing
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! What’s coming next?
Building Codes
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Venting and Inspection
! CBC only technically requires venting of “attics” or enclosed rafter spaces with “ceilings” and “insulation”
! Berkeley added for multi-family:
! “Ventilation of Weather Exposed Enclosed Assemblies”
! Access panels required to be able to inspect framing
! Or removable soffit cladding
! Or “Removable soffit vents 4 inch min. in width” which provide both venting and inspection requirements
! Mandatory inspections every 3 years (and all balconies within 6 months)
! “naturally durable wood, preservative-treated wood, corrosion resistant steel or similar…”
! San Francisco since 2003 has required inspections every 5 years (includes decks, landings, stairs, metal decks….)
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Water Testing?
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Design Review, Field Review, Maintainance?
! Washington State requires all new multi-family residential to have the building enclosures “certified by a qualified party” – typically by a 3rd Party building enclosure consulting firm
! Oregon State requires all new condos to have a 30-year reserve study and building maintenance plan so that the future owners understand the long term capital needs
! City of Palo Alto requires “special inspections for waterproofing on certain projects”
! Alternate non-cantilevered balcony designs?
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! Avoid the hard details altogether
A Better Way?
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Pre-Finished Balcony
! Balcony is a ‘bolt-on’ architectural component, but not part of building enclosure
! Air, water, and thermal control layers continuous behind pre-finished balcony
! Simplifies detailing – no saddles
! Continuous water, air, thermal layers
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Current Project – Bay Area
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Current Project – Bay Area
Make ‘bolt-on’ component out of durable material: - Preservative treated wood - Precast concrete (coated?) - Coated steel
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Precast Bolt-On Balconies
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