Questions of the week;
Introduction and requirements:
A member of the Award Committee will post a question, at a random day/time.
A competing member may make one post per question thread to answer the question and the member’s winning entry must have all parts of the question answered completely in that one post. Editing your one answer post allowed will result in disqualification.
Winnings will be limited to no more than 6 times in a given year, the objective is to allow as many Members a chance to win as possible.
Any disregard to the above and divulging the correct answers will forfeit the weekly winnings.
So please refrain from participating if you have already won in the maximum for the Year.
First correct answer (as judged by the Awards Committee or Poster of the Question) wins.
The lucky winner will get a case of “Now that you’ve had a Home Inspection Books” shipped to them at their address on file. Make sure your Address on File with Inachi is correct.
Courtesy of Nick Gromicko.
Winners of the Question of The Week shall request their prize by emailing fastreply@nachi.org and submitting their Mailing address for shipping.
Allow 2 weeks for delivery.
Unfortunately Paul is unavailable for this week. So you will have to deal with me.
Questions
**1. Can gypsum sheathing/air/weather barrier be eliminated and extruded
Polystyrene continuous insulation be installed directly to steel stud framing with joints taped for air/weather resistance behind masonry veneer? Yes/No
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2. For a weather barrier to be considered vapor permeable, it must have a vapor permeance of at least 6 perms. T/F
3. In brick masonry, the term Frog means;
a. A special shape brick to create jumps on wall line objects
b. A French brick laying mason
c. A curved brick
d. A brick with a recessed indentation
4. What is the term Pig stand for in brick construction?
a. A mason that eats like one.
b. A mason the lays brick very sloppy
c. A mason laying brick corners out of plumb and level.
d. Topping a brick wall with one brick course higher on one end than the other.