DuPont Tyvek Weather Barrier Systems

DuPont™ Tyvek® weather barriers are widely used behind exterior siding and cladding as part of a wall assembly designed to manage air and water while allowing moisture vapor to pass through. Tyvek systems are available for residential and commercial applications and can be integrated with compatible flashing, tape and sealing products to create a continuous weather barrier around the building.

Diamond Exteriors installs and integrates Tyvek building-envelope systems as part of siding replacement, exterior renovations, new construction, custom cladding and multi-family exterior projects throughout Kelowna and the Okanagan.

Tyvek HomeWrap is designed as a vapor-permeable water-resistive barrier and air-barrier material for residential wall assemblies. DuPont also produces Tyvek CommercialWrap products for commercial construction where additional strength and air- and water-barrier performance may be required by the specified assembly.

Installation quality is critical. A weather barrier must connect correctly around windows, doors, penetrations, corners, flashings and transitions in order to function as part of the overall exterior system. Diamond Exteriors focuses on these details while coordinating Tyvek with rainscreen components and the final siding or cladding system.

Tyvek can be used behind many exterior finishes, depending on the designed wall assembly, including fibre-cement siding, James Hardie products, metal siding, architectural cladding, panel systems, wood and wood-look products and other rainscreen cladding systems.

Exterior renovations provide an important opportunity to inspect the existing weather barrier because removing old siding exposes areas that normally cannot be seen. Diamond Exteriors can review the existing sheathing, flashing and WRB condition and replace or upgrade components where required before the new exterior is installed.

Diamond Exteriors provides building-envelope, weather-resistive barrier, siding, cladding, soffit, fascia, gutter, rainscreen and custom flashing services for residential, builder, developer and multi-family projects in Kelowna, West Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland, Summerland and Vernon.

For DuPont Tyvek installation in Kelowna or a complete exterior renovation involving new siding and building-envelope upgrades, Diamond Exteriors can coordinate the weather barrier with the flashings, rainscreen and finished cladding to create one integrated exterior assembly.