Patent ID: 7516583
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In a joint between adjacent first and second perimeter framing members, the adjacent first and second perimeter framing members engaging first and second wall panels, respectively, at least one of the first and second perimeter framing members comprising a plurality of drainage holes, the plurality of drainage holes being in fluid communication with a gutter located in an interior region behind the first and second wall panels, the gutter collecting and providing to the drainage holes, for removal, moisture located in the interior region, a method for draining a terrestrial fluid from the joint, comprising: (a) passing a terrestrial fluid through a gap between a capillary break on at least one of the first and second perimeter framing members, and an opposing surface of the other of the at least one of the first and second perimeter framing members; (b) passing the terrestrial fluid into a circulating chamber defined by the capillary break and walls of the first and second perimeter framing members, wherein the circulating chamber is located between the drainage holes and the capillary break; (c) collecting the terrestrial fluid in the circulating chamber, wherein at least one of the drainage holes is located so as to drain the terrestrial fluid from the gutter and into the circulating chamber; and (d) passing the collected terrestrial fluid, in the form of a liquid, through the gap and into an exterior environment by a passage extending from the circulating chamber to the exterior environment that excludes the drainage holes.