Tape Selection Guide
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Tape Selection Guide for Tyvek® and AirGuard® tapes and adhesive accessories
The selection guide helps you find the right Tyvek® and AirGuard® tapes and adhesive accessories for each application.
| Acrylic tapes | Butyl tapes | Other | ||||||||||||
| Tyvek® Acrylic Tape | Tyvek® Acrylic (Corner) Tape | Tyvek® UV Facades Tape | Tyvek® Metallised Tape | Tyvek® Double Sided Tape | Tyvek® Double Sided Tape | AirGuard® FR System Tape | Tyvek® Window Tape | DuPont™ AirGuard® Tape | Tyvek® Butyl Tape * | Tyvek® FlexWrap NF | Tyvek® FlexWrap EZ | DuPont™ AirGuard® Sealant | ||
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| Applications | 2060B (75mm) |
2060B (60mm with Split Liner) | 1312F (75mm) | 2060M (75 mm) | 1310D (50 mm) | 1310D (20 mm) | 1310FR | 1310PT (80/150 mm) | 1310V (60 mm) | 1311B (20/50 mm) | FLEXNF (152 mm) | 2064FW (60 mm) | 1211S | |
| Inside | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ||
| Outside | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ | |||
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Overlaps and
overall repair |
Tyvek® underlays for roof (EN13859-1) | |||||||||||||
| Tyvek® underlays for walls (EN13859-2) | ||||||||||||||
| Tyvek® UV Facade (EN13859-2 with open joints) | ||||||||||||||
| DuPont™ AirGuard® VCL all applications (EN13984)* | ||||||||||||||
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Material compatibility and recommended use
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Masonry / concrete / render (smooth) | |||||||||||||
| Brick / block / concrete /render (rough) | ||||||||||||||
| Plasterboard | ||||||||||||||
| Eaves Carrier | ||||||||||||||
| Window / door frames (PVC, Wood, Aluminium) | ||||||||||||||
| OSB & Wood fibre | ||||||||||||||
| Timber (rough, sawn) | ||||||||||||||
| Timber (planed, grinded) | ||||||||||||||
| Metal (aluminium, steel, cupper, …) | ||||||||||||||
| Construction membranes (PE, PVC, PP, PES, Alu, …) | ||||||||||||||
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Penetrations and other applications
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Pipe penetrations (plastic & metal) | |||||||||||||
| Wiring / cable penetrations | ||||||||||||||
| Around electrical sockets | ||||||||||||||
| Windows & Doors to timber frame (inside) | ||||||||||||||
| Windows & Doors to timber frame (outside) | ||||||||||||||
| Windows & Doors to bricks & blocks (inside) * | ||||||||||||||
| Windows & Doors to bricks & blocks (outside) * | ||||||||||||||
| Plasterable or under rendering * | ||||||||||||||
| Temporarily fixing Air and vapour control layers (AVCL) to rafters | ||||||||||||||
| Fixing of Tyvek® underlays | ||||||||||||||
recommended to use primer - recommended and designed for - works out properly but not designed for
* DuPont Butyl Tape (1311B) Should not be used as a stud tape (adhesive) with either Tyvek(R) Trifecta (2021B), Tyvek(R) Firecurb (2066B) or Airguard (R) A2FR (5816X)
* DuPont Airguard(R) Sealant (1211S) is only suitable for use with Airguards Control (8327AD) and Airguard(R) Smart (2009B)
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