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PRESS RELEASE: BRINC Building Products offers new fluid-applied flashing, discontinues tapes

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Manufacturer of ThermalBuck™ and ThermalTight™ says superior water protection and ease of installation are factors behind the change.

NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. (April. 17, 2024) – BRINC Building Products, an award-winning continuous insulation manufacturer, recently introduced a new fluid-applied flashing and sealant for use with its signature products, ThermalBuck and ThermalTight. The company plans to fully transition to the new product, BRINC Fluid FS, beginning in April, and will back its performance with the same 15-year air and watertight limited warranty.

Flashing tapes are known for their high cost, difficulty of use, and failures caused by poor adhesion over time. Furthermore, tapes create upward facing seams on the building envelope, creating an entry point for bulk water around wrinkles.

“BRINC Fluid FS is a single product to seal and flash ThermalBuckto the rough opening. It also seals the joints of ThermalTight™ panels, underneath the integrated flaps, completely eliminating tapes from the building envelope,” said John Brooks, president of BRINC Building Products.

Brooks also explained that BRINC Fluid FS more easily applied to irregularly shaped penetrations and window details.

The product is compatible with most common building materials, including rigid foamed insulation, window flanges and casings, wood framing and sheathing, steel, aluminum, concrete, and masonry.

BRINC Fluid FS is now available in 20-ounce sausage tubes through all ThermalTight™ and ThermalBuck™ distributors, and directly from BRINC Building Products.

More information is available at www.ThermalTight.com. Inquiries about distribution should be directed to info@brincbp.com.

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BRINC Building Products, headquartered in New Bethlehem, PA, is the manufacturer of ThermalBuck, the high performance window buck, and ThermalTighta patented high performance panel managing water, air, vapor + thermal.

BRINC to Showcase at JLC LIVE ’24

Providence, RI—JLC LIVE 2024 is almost here, and BRINC Building Products is showing up better than ever! We’re bringing a number of exciting changes to our setup, team, and demonstrations to give you the best look at our signature ThermalTight System, the pairing of patented exterior insulation innovations, ThermalBuck™ and ThermalTight™. 

Join us both show days in Booth #534C at the Rhode Island Convention Center!

What’s New This Year

In a throwback to many of our original exhibitions, guests visiting on Friday will see a live demonstration of a 7-foot wall assembly featuring ThermalBuck™, ThermalTight™, and BRINC Fluid FS, our exclusive new fluid-applied flashing and sealant.

This will be the first live look at the new product which replaces seam and flashing tapes for an easier, high-performance seal.

In addition to a larger booth, the setup will feature product samples, several floor displays featuring National Vinyl windows, and various handheld displays demonstrating BRINC Fluid FS.

Who’s Joining Us

Guests to the booth will meet with our team members and outside industry experts on insulation and window manufacturing to ask questions about trends and best practices in building envelope design.

BRINC representatives will include team members from our Pennsylvania headquarters. This year’s conference will be a unique opportunity to speak with leaders from our operations team.

  • John Brooks, President
  • Brian Reichard, Vice President
  • Lucky J. Kline, Jr., Director of Operations
  • Crystal Rankin, Office Manager

We are also excited to be joined in our booth by some important guests on both Friday and Saturday. BASF will be represented once again by Luis Espada, the leading expert on Neopor® GPS. And, in a new addition to our booth, Scott Channell and John Hudnall from New England-based window manufacturer National Vinyl LLC will join us to showcase ThermalBuck details for their high-efficiency windows. Thermal Building Supply’s Max Taylor will also return for this year’s show.

Where to Learn More

We hope to see you at JLC Live 2024 along with our many friends from the building products industry. Head to www.jlclive.com to register, view the show schedule and floor plan.




BRINC Building Products, headquartered in New Bethlehem, PA, is the manufacturer of ThermalBuck, the high performance window buck, and ThermalTighta patented high performance panel managing water, air, vapor + thermal.

We tried ThermalBuck at a panelized wall plant. Here’s what we learned.

Washington, IA – While politicians and pundits flocked to Iowa this winter in preparation for the presidential caucus, BRINC president John Brooks headed to the Hawkeye State with a very different purpose—bringing ThermalBuck to the fast-growing wall panel industry.

Washington, Iowa is home to the world’s oldest continuously running movie theater. It’s also home to Engineered Building Design (EBD), a panelized wall manufacturer serving clients from Minnesota to Texas. Their latest client, a developer of multi-family homes, wanted highly insulated walls using a combination of 2” Zip R-Sheathing and 2” ThermalBuck.

John and Donny apply sealant to ThermalBuck.

Panelized walls are known for high quality thanks to their production in a climate-controlled factory setting. Another plus is the consistency gained from assembly-line style construction.

Although they’ve used continuous insulation panels before, this was EBD’s first wall production using ThermalBuck. Because of this, John agreed to meet with the builders for a training installation. It was also an opportunity to learn about the emerging technology in wall plants like EBD’s.

“The combination of these two products is nothing new, but putting them together on a production line in a wall plant was new, at least for us,” John said.

Although wall prefabrication produces a consistent product quickly and efficiently, production requires the right amount of logistical expertise to nail down. Experienced builders must work in tandem to supply parts and pieces at the right time. In just the framing area, precut lumber came in from three different stations at once.

With rough openings for 5’x5’ windows and standard exterior doors, there was no shortage of learning opportunities for John or the framing team. The first challenge was deciding when to install ThermalBuck.

“After deliberation with their team, we decided to install ThermalBuck as the walls were being framed,” John explained.

Donny nails ThermalBuck to a 5’x5′ rough opening for a window.

The R-Sheathing took more time to install thanks to special 4” nails required to fasten it. By installing ThermalBuck before the sheathing, there was additional time for preparation, including cutting and applying sealant.

“After a quick trial run, we realized that ThermalBuck could be precut just like the pieces of wood framing for the walls making this installation very fast,” John explained.

Donny, who operates the framing equipment, was open minded to the process and shared his honest feedback with us.

“The hardest part is you’ve got to know your angles and how to cut it,” Donny told us. “Installation is pretty simple. Just caulk your seams like they tell you. It’s a great product.”’

After installing ThermalBuck, the wall panel framing was completed, and the panel was sent down the line to have the R-Sheathing installed. Once complete, panels were checked for quality and stacked to await transportation to the site.

The bottom line—with some planning and preparation, ThermalBuck was integrated into the assembly line no disruptions or lost time.

For more information on Engineered Building Design and panelized wall manufacturing, visit ebdtruss.com.

BRINC Announces Social Media Changes

From the President:

John Brooks, President, BRINC Building Products.

It has been more than eight years since ThermalBuck launched at Greenbuild 2015. Since then, ThermalBuck has grown from an idea to a brand, reaching every corner of the United States, and even a few in Canada. In 2020, we introduced ThermalTight, our solution to the growing continuous insulation market. Although our social media presence has continued to be anchored by ThermalBuck, we are no longer a single-brand company. As we prepare to launch additional products in the coming months, it is time to better represent our business as a whole.

That’s why, beginning this month, our social media pages will change from ThermalBuck to BRINC Building Products. For those who may not know, BRINC is an acronym for the names of the founding partners who came together to make ThermalBuck a reality. BRINC has been here all along and will continue to provide the same high-performance solutions to our exceptional builders, including ThermalBuck and ThermalTight. Thank you for your continued support.

John Brooks

BRINC Building Products, Inc.


BRINC Building Products, Inc, headquartered in New Bethlehem, PA, is the manufacturer of ThermalBuck, the high performance window buck, and ThermalTight™, a patented high performance panel managing water – air – vapor + thermal. 

YouTubers Trent & Allie “DIY” with ThermalBuck

Salt Lake City, Utah – Three years after breaking ground on their Rocky Mountain home, “Van Life” vloggers Trent & Allie completed the installation of ThermalBuck on a two-story bedroom and living room addition.

In a series of YouTube DIY vlogs, Trent & Allie have captured the building journey including some of the ups and downs of construction as they raced to beat the first of Utah’s harsh winter storms.

“Today we’re embracing change, and facing inspections, shortages, and equipment malfunctions. But that’s not gonna stop us.” said Allie on a Nov. 17 episode. “We are tackling this build one step at a time.”

Before we jump in, here’s some clips from Trent & Allie’s build…

First Experience Using ThermalBuck

This isn’t the first time ThermalBuck has appeared on Trent & Allie. Their first experience with ThermalBuck came during the installation of windows and doors during the construction of their home in late 2020. In that vlog, Trent shared his optimism about the ThermalBuck’s performance.

“Now, I know a lot of you guys are probably saying, that foam is going to break, Trent, and all your windows are going to fall out. And I would have to agree with you, except for ThermalBuck is rated to hold 800lbs per linear foot once its installed properly.”

-Trent Childs, @TrentandAllie

“This piece of ThermalBuck right here is probably going to be holding the most weight out of any of the ThermalBucks,” Trent said. “They’re triple pained, fixed, enormous pieces of glass. All the weight sits right here on this piece of foam.”

Trent & Allie install their first window with ThermalBuck in December 2020.

ThermalBuck is constructed of a white-foam EPS core, but its strength comes its proprietary structural coating and unique “L” shape, which distributes wind and shear loads onto the structure.

“Now, I know a lot of you guys are probably saying, that foam is going to break, Trent, and all your windows are going to fall out. And I would have to agree with you, except for ThermalBuck is rated to hold 800lbs per linear foot once its installed properly,” Trent continued.

“I think it’s going to be just fine. And me and Brandon are basically professionals at installing this stuff,” he said jokingly.

But his confidence is no surprise, especially to fans. Trent is known for his creativity and resourcefulness. According to trentandallie.com, he is a “self-taught craftsman with boundless problem-solving abilities and creative solutions for projects off the beaten path”. These skills drove the success of the “Van Life” vlogs where he and Allie converted work vans into off-the-grid living quarters.

Time For an Addition

Although the main house was completed in 2021, Trent & Allie have continued their work on the property, including a garage and now, an addition. The added space includes first-floor living areas with a second-floor bedroom.

Due to extreme winter weather, building has been challenged and delayed. In April 2023, after a major snowstorm and dangerous driving conditions, Trent & Allie began questioning whether it was time to stop building and move out of the mountains above the city.

However, with weather improving, the do-it-yourselfers have continued pushing through with their plans. In June, ground broke on their new addition. By mid-November, time was ticking to install the windows to keep out the winter elements.

“We got our glue out here, we got our ThermalBuck, we’ve got nails. Basically, we just need to start taking some measurements, cutting the ThermalBuck, gluing it, and nailing it in place,” Trent said in their Nov. 17 video.

Trent Explains ThermalBuck

The addition needed enough for ThermalBuck for six first-floor windows, 11 second-floor windows, and an exterior doorway. With windows supplied by Alpen High-Performance Products on site, Trent & Allie got to work measuring and cutting the ThermalBuck. He also took a moment to explain why he chose ThermalBuck in the first place.

“This just makes it super easy, and they’re a super cool company.”

-Trent Childs, @TrentandAllie

“This is called ThermalBuck, we’ve been installing it in the windows and the doorway over there,” Trent explained. “Basically, this gets mounted in your doorway and then it bumps your windows and your doors out a specified distance, so our distance here is three inches, and that’s because we’re using three inches of exterior insulation.”

Trent explains why they chose ThermalBuck.

For this build, they are using mineral wool with an R-value of roughly 4/inch to match their home. The ZIP System sheathing will act as their air and water barrier.

“If you didn’t do this and you just mounted your windows and doors normally, when you put that insulation on, then when you go to put your siding on your siding would be three inches past your windows” Trent continued. “And you’d have to do a bunch of weird trim with your siding and try to make it look nice.”

ThermalBuck also seals and insulates the rough openings, meaning that air, water, and moisture cannot leak into the wall.

“This just makes it super easy, and they’re a super cool company.”

Some Trouble Along the Way

Trent cuts ThermalBuck for their first floor windows.

With work starting on the first-floor windows and door, Trent ran into their first of a few hiccups.

“I’ve only cut out enough ThermalBuck for our five windows in the living room, and we’re exactly halfway through our ThermalBuck,” Trent said. “We’re going to have to get on the horn and order some more.”

While they ordered some more, the work on the living room windows continued. Allie decided to “onesie” up into her Carhart coveralls to match Trent and Grayson, who was on hand for the project.

Trent continued cutting the ThermalBuck to size on the second-floor, handing it down to Allie where she stacked it on a table to apply sealant.

Installation went smoothly, and all five living windows went in without hitch.

“Now we really just need to put the door on this part of the addition, and then we’ll be able to heat this addition,” said Trent.

More ThermalBuck Arrives

Trent carries a bundle of ThermalBuck to the house.

A few days before Thanksgiving, they were ready to keep moving.

“We finally got our final ThermalBuck order shipped in. We have all the parts we need, we’re gonna start cutting that, gluing it, installing it, and then Grayson and I are gonna be knocking out the last two windows,” said Trent in their Dec. 1 video.

But just when things were back on track, they discovered another shortage.

“Alright, of course we have everything we need. We have the ThermalBuck and we are running out of the glue that we need to put on the ThermalBuck to adhere it to the frame,” Allie said.

“I’m just going to use the tubes that I have, and we’ll have to go find something that’s close at Home Depot,” he said.

Allie responded jokingly, “Duct tape?”

“Not funny,” said Trent.

Fortunately, Home Depot carried a suitable sealant, and the work continued. By the end of the day, all of the second-floor windows were fully installed.

Note: Trent is right. Not only will duct tape not prevent air or water penetration, it will void ThermalBuck’s limited warranty! While there any many quality window and door sealants on the market, see ThermalBuck.com for a list of manufacturer approved sealants.

No Other Choice

With the windows in place, only a French door in the living room stood in the way of fully sealing the addition. But the door installation had one major problem.

“Alright, so the makers of ThermalBuck will see that and be very upset with us…but we didn’t really have a choice.”

-Trent Childs, @TrentandAllie

“Alright, so we have a little bit of a problem here. When you build a door, doors are like 6 foot 8 inches, which is like 80 inches,” Trent said on their Dec. 4 vlog. “Usually, rough openings are built to be 82 ½, so they end up giving you two and a half inches to fur out a shim and do all kinds of things.”

Trent works on the living room doorframe.

“Alright, so we have a little bit of a problem here. When you build a door, doors are like 6 foot 8 inches, which is like 80 inches,” Trent said on their Dec. 4 vlog. “Usually, rough openings are built to be 82 ½, so they end up giving you two and a half inches to fur out a shim and do all kinds of things.”

“With this type of door where there’s a nail fin going all around the outside, this rough opening should’ve been built exact, so the door slides into the perfect location. What we’re dealing with now, is we have this giant gap at the top. That is a problem.”

After some thinking, Trent came up with a solution.

“Alright, so the makers of ThermalBuck will see that and be very upset with us…but we didn’t really have a choice,” he said.

“After we use this expensive, amazing product called ThermalBuck, we basically had to shim our door opening down an inch and a half with this 2×6 inside the rough opening. It’ll be fine. We can glue it, screw it, tape it, goop it.”

“Everything is gonna seal up just fine and the insulation value is gonna be there. And we’re bucked out. We’re bumped out to the exterior insulation. It’s gonna work out just fine, but not the way I hoped it would’ve gone.”

Trent’s solution did work in the end, but with a few more delays. After the first adjustment, the doors wobbled in place. A second try yielded uneven doors, with one of the two French doors sat a half inch higher than the other.

A day later, they tried again.

“We pulled both doors off, we pulled the door jamb off. We pulled the 2×6 off. We cleaned off all the glue We actually got a smaller one-by material instead of a two-by material to go above the door.”

“We actually needed to shim one side of the door up because the one the rough opening is not exactly level. But we couldn’t do that because the 2×6 was making it so the height of the door was the perfect size of the door so it fit in there just right.”

“Hopefully this works perfectly and we don’t have to keep fooling with this thing because it has been a huge pain.”

With the final adjustments made, the doors fit perfectly and worked as designed.

Making It Official

With rain and snow only a day away, Trent & Allie’s goal of beating the weather become a reality.

“These doors are beautiful, they function great, they’re very insulated.”

-Trent Childs, @TrentandAllie

“Look at that!” Allie said, pointing to the new doors. “I hate when doors start swinging after you open them to a certain distance. And they either try to swing out or swing back in.”

“Guys, it’s official! We’re done!” Allie said.

“These doors are beautiful, they function great, they’re very insulated,” Trent said.

With the addition fully sealed, Trent & Allie moved on the next winter project in the garage, organizing the sun room, and preparing for a long, cold winter.

To keep up with the rest of Trent & Allie’s family vlog, visit their YouTube channel here.

Disclaimer: Trent & Allie are real, unpaid customers whose purchase, installation, and recording of ThermalBuck is wholly their decision, uninfluenced by ThermalBuck or related business interests.


BRINC Building Products, Inc, headquartered in New Bethlehem, PA, is the manufacturer of ThermalBuck, the high performance window buck, and ThermalTight™, a patented high performance panel managing water – air – vapor + thermal. 

BRINC Building Products Exhibits at LBM Expo 2023

UNCASVILLE, CT – With next year’s building season in mind, representatives from BRINC Building Products headed to LBM Expo 2023 at Mohegan Sun resort in Connecticut. The event, held December 6th and 7th, was hosted by the Northeastern Retail Lumber Association and features the latest products from hundreds of manufacturers and vendors across the building materials industry. Among BRINC’s products on display was a new fluid applied flashing and sealant.

“We had more than a dozen lumberyards show interest in what we’re doing, particularly with the fluid applied flashing,” said Crystal Rankin, office manager at BRINC’s Pennsylvania-based plant, who attended the event. “It was very well received.”

BRINC is currently field testing the fluid applied flashing to be used with both ThermalBuck and ThermalTight, with plans to bring the new product to market by the end of Q1 2024. The new product is expected to fully replace seam and flashing tapes on the building envelope.

(From left) Crystal Rankin, Luis Espada, John Brooks, and Max Taylor.

Attendees stopping at the company’s booth also had the opportunity to talk with Luis Espada, Product Manager for Neopor GPS, BASF’s insulation technology used in ThermalTight.

“We want to demonstrate our dedication to our collaborative efforts in innovation,” said Espada. “We fully support BRINC’s role in developing a comprehensive building envelope solution and directly responding to the most recent updates in building code regulations.”

Max Taylor, President of Boston-based Thermal Building Supply, also met with visitors to the BRINC exhibit. Thermal Building Supply is the exclusive distributor of ThermalBuck and ThermalTight to the six New England states, where demand continues to climb.

“Many states in New England are experiencing code changes that are now requiring exterior insulation on projects,” Taylor explained. “Retailers in this market are looking for solutions to bring to their customers and help them with this challenging shift to a new way of building.”

Lumberyards and other New England retailers interested in ThermalBuck and ThermalTight should contact Thermal Building Supply via email at info@thermalbuildingsupply.com, or call 617-331-4647.


BRINC Building Products, Inc, headquartered in New Bethlehem, PA, is the manufacturer of ThermalBuck, the high performance window buck, and ThermalTight™, a patented high performance panel managing water – air – vapor + thermal. 

BRINC BP Hires Marketing and Government Relations Director

Colin Sheffer, Marketing and Government Relations Director

NEW BETHLEHEM, PA – Colin Sheffer, a former production worker and New Bethlehem Borough Councilman, recently rejoined BRINC Building Products, Inc. as Marketing and Government Relations Director. The new appointment brings his deep community ties and first-hand understanding of building products manufacturing back to BRINC. He will also lead a planned expansion of the company to a new production facility.

“Western Pennsylvania has a strong industrial tradition and history of innovation. BRINC Building Products is modeling a 21st century vision of industry in this region. I’m excited to continue developing this company as the disruptive name in building and construction that it has become,” Colin said.

Colin formally worked two stints at BRINC Building Products while in college, first on the production line before returning to set up an inventory control system. Lucky Kline, Director of Operations, explained that after his successful time in the manufacturing plant and business office, he became a clear candidate for the new position.

“Colin’s attention to detail in every segment of the business, along with his curiosity of product manufacturing and interest in local business growth, made him prime candidate for helping push BRINC to the next level.”

-Lucky Kline, Director of Operations, BRINC BP

In addition to his experience at BRINC, Colin recently completed his tenure as a councilman for the Borough of New Bethlehem. During college, he interned for Pennsylvania State Sen. Scott Hutchinson, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Reps. Newt Gingrich, and U.S Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson.

John Brooks, President of BRINC Building Products, said, “Colin’s entrepreneurial spirit and can-do attitude is exactly what we are looking for as we grow our company.  The knowledge of our business he gained while working at BRINC BP is very valuable in navigating the expansion of our business to a new and larger facility.”

Colin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, summa cum laude, from American University in Washington, D.C. He currently resides in New Bethlehem and where is active in various community groups, including his church softball team and local community band. Contact Colin at csheffer@brincbp.com or 814-275.5002. He also invites you to connect with him on LinkedIn.


BRINC Building Products, Inc, headquartered in New Bethlehem, PA, is the manufacturer of ThermalBuck, the high performance window buck, and ThermalTight™, a patented high performance panel managing water – air – vapor + thermal. 

What the New Energy Code Means for New Jersey Builders

Beginning in April 2023, New Jersey began enforcing the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) for residential low-rise construction (less than three stories). For the first time, the updated energy code effectively requires continuous insulation for all new construction in the Garden State. Here’s what you need to know and how to meet the new standards for building envelope.

Energy Code Requirements

Although New Jersey is split between Climate Zones four and five, both zones have the same insulation requirements. The requirements for each zone are listed in the chart below.

The new code pushes builders away from cavity insulation by making the requirements difficult to meet. In this case, an R-30 is needed in the cavity. The code introduces continuous insulation (ci) alongside cavity insulation requirements. In this case, the code allows exterior walls must utilize R-20+R-5ci or R-13+R-10ci. Most importantly, the 2021 IECC provides an option for R-20 continuous insulation only.

Builders may choose this option for several reasons, including to minimize materials and for higher performance. Cavity insulation is known to underperform continuous insulation by 15-20% due to the exposed wood or metal studs that act as thermal bridges between the interior and exterior of a home.

It is important to note that municipalities in New Jersey are not permitted to amend the building code in any way.

Homeowner Savings

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the 2021 IECC will save the average homeowner in New Jersey 16.1% in utility bills annually over the previous code. In other words, new code requirements like continuous insulation, result in net savings in as little as two years. But that’s only when comparing this year’s new construction to last year’s. Because the average home in New Jersey is 53 years old, new construction energy efficiency is magnitudes ahead. In fact, thanks to improvements like continous insulation, the average new construction home is 55% more energy efficient than homes built in 1981. Go a step further and consider that continuous insulation makes 2×4 framing possible, the potential consumer savings is even greater.

Meeting Codes

A variety of continuous insulation solutions exist, but not all materials provide the same benefits. Most of the research on the market compares EPS, XPS, Polyiso and Mineral Wool, because they’ve been readily available on the market. In general, older insulation products such as Styrofoam or Polyiso are good insulators, but trap moisture behind the wall. Alternative materials like mineral wool are plastic-free options but require expensive fasteners, weather barriers, and are heavy and difficult to work with.

One insulation you may not have heard about yet is Neopor® GPS, or graphite polystyrene.

Neopor GPS is included in products like ThermalTight™, a high-performance insulation panel by BRINC Building Products.

ThermalTight™ is a single panel that manages all four control layers of the perfect wall. It has a high long-term R-value, sustainability, ease of installation, and can be used in any climate on walls. It also eliminates an entire trip around the building, thanks to its attached high performance weather resistive barrier. You can learn more about ThermalTight™ here.

See our full comparison of continuous insulations below.

Detailing Windows & Doors

Another concern builders have when using continuous insulation is the proper installation of windows, which essential to avoiding damage to the wall and window. Doing so requires the installation of a ROESE (rough opening extension support element) or “window buck” to properly support the window’s weight and against wind load.

ThermalBuck™ Installed on a Rough Opening

Typical wood bucks are cut from lumber and require thorough waterproofing with expensive flashing tapes. The process is time consuming and takes an experienced builder approximately 45 minutes per opening. Another major drawback is potential warping, rotting, or shrinking around the window—a result of the natural aging and exposure of wood. It is also a potential condensation point and acts as a thermal bridge, which undermines the purpose and effectiveness of continuous insulation.

Because of these problems, many architects and builders have switched to an engineered window buck known as ThermalBuck™.

ThermalBuck™ solves the challenge of installing nail flange windows & doors with exterior insulation by extending the mounting point to create a flush plane for cladding. It also insulates the rough opening, limiting thermal bridging around windows & doors.

Because ThermalBuck™ is coated with a waterproof resin and secured to the rough opening with an air & water barrier sealant and nails, it’s much simpler to install and easier to flash than a wood buck. It is also dimensionally stable and strong, it will not warp, rot, or shrink, and helps to support the weight of the window. ThermalBuck™ outperforms a traditional wood buck and protects the integrity of your window & door installation.

On its launch in 2015 at Greenbuild in Washington, D.C., ThermalBuck™ was awarded “Greenest of the Green Energy Efficient Building Products” by BuildingGreen. In addition to other awards and mentions, it has also been featured by Matt Risinger in “How to Install a Window with Exterior Insulation”.

Bottom Line

New Jersey’s new energy code will result in savings for homebuyers and lead to healthier homebuilding across the state. Since both New Jersey climate zones now require continuous insulation, builders across the state must understand the right products for their projects. No matter what insulation you use, it is important to understand the benefits and drawbacks of current products on the market and incorporate sound building science into each build. With sound product choice and proper installation, builders can also eliminate callbacks from water and moisture damage to walls. For more information or to request product samples, call our expert builders at 1-888-814-2825 or email us at info@brincbp.com.

Additional Resources

New Jersey Division of Codes and Regulations

How to Properly Install Windows with Exterior Insulation (video)

ThermalTight™ Air – Water – Vapor + Thermal

ThermalBuck™ High Performance Window Buck

Neopor® GPS