Weeping control joint system

A weeping control joint system comprises:

• a substrate wall, the substrate wall being vertically oriented such that force of gravity is downward on any water standing on an exterior surface of the substrate wall, the substrate wall having a top portion and a bottom portion opposite of the top portion;
• an exterior wall covering having an exterior surface facing away from the exterior surface of the substrate wall, the exterior surface of the exterior wall covering being exposed to rain and weather, whereby the exterior wall covering covers the exterior surface of the substrate wall;
• a vent disposed at the top portion of the substrate wall such that air passes from outside the exterior surface of the exterior wall covering to the substrate wall via the vent;
• a weeping control joint disposed at a distance below the vent, the weeping control joint comprising a drainage structure wherein water collecting above the weeping control joint is directed through the drainage structure of the weeping control joint to the exterior surface of the exterior wall covering;
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• a pattern of channels disposed between the vent and the weeping control joint and between the exterior surface of the substrate wall and the exterior wall covering, the pattern of channels being in fluidic communication between the vent and the drainage structure of the weeping control joint such that liquid water disposed between the exterior wall covering and the exterior surface of the substrate wall flows under the influence of gravity through the pattern of channels to the drainage structure of the weeping control joint and through the drainage structure of the weeping control joint to the exterior surface of the exterior wall covering.