Patent ID: 6925765

Claim:
A facing for a faced insulation assembly, comprising: a sheet having a length and a width; the sheet being made of a porous sheet material having a permeance of greater than 5 perms; the sheet having a central field portion for overlaying and being bonded to a major surface of an insulation layer, the central field portion of the sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface; the second major surface of the central field portion of the sheet having an adhesive thereon for bonding the sheet to a major surface of an insulation layer; and the sheet having first and second lateral tabs extending for the length of the sheet that are separated from each other by the central field portion of the sheet; each lateral tab being joined to the central field portion of the sheet along a fold line; each lateral tab being folded back to overlay the first major surface of the central field portion of sheet and having a first surface opposing the first major surface of the central field portion of the sheet; and each lateral tab having a tab strip bonded to a second surface of the tab that provides the tab with increased integrity.