No house wrap - Fine Homebuilding
2009年9月2日 · Tyvek is rarely part of an air barrier, although it can be. The main purpose of all WRBs, including Tyvek, is to act as a barrier to wind-driven rain that gets past the siding. 2. While Tyvek CAN be a component of an air barrier system, especially if the seams are meticulously taped, under no circumstances can felt paper perform as an air barrier.
How long can house wrap be left exposed? - Fine Homebuilding
2007年10月15日 · Piffin. We are working on a lake house right now that had cedar siding on tyvek. The place was built in 1989 and had cedar dutch lap sidding so there was a full contact between the sidding and the tyvek.
cedar shingles over Tyvek? - Fine Homebuilding
2001年2月23日 · Jay, while you don't indicate white or red cedar, you've got a problem with direct cedar-tyvek contact either way. Add thin furring strips over the tyvek for the cedar to rest on, or use a product like Benjamin Obdyke's Cedar Breather over the …
tyvek house wrap question - Fine Homebuilding
2001年4月17日 · The builder of the home (which is about 7 years old)put the tyvek between the studs and the sheeting on the inside. Never really heard of this seems to kinda defeat the purpose. The question is with tyvek on the inside should tyvek be put on the outside and what are the problems with doing this. Thanks
Do you need to tape seams in Tyvec? - Fine Homebuilding
2005年8月12日 · The whole reason for using a house wrap like Tyvek is to stop air infiltration and serve as a secondary barrier to water infiltration. Believe it or not, air infiltrates sheathing and any little gap, due in part to pressures created by the temperature difference from inside to outside.
Tyvek Wrap - new trick? - Fine Homebuilding
2000年10月19日 · Only problem is that often the guy who puts up the house wrap isn't the one doing the siding, so doesn't give 2 hoots about aligning the marks. Some other brands come with these markings too. Another way is to go back, find the studs and mark em on the house wrap with a perm magic marker and a level. You have the same issue with houses wraped ...
A manufactured stone installation that's doomed to eventual …
2015年4月9日 · It’s a new house, but it’s been a slow building process over the last year or so, and still remains incomplete. Although the pre-painted fiber cement lap siding has been up for the entire winter, the front facade of the house–a full height bump out housing the front entry door that has been covered in housewrap but otherwise left undone ...
Zip System Vs Tyvek Wrap - Fine Homebuilding
2019年3月20日 · 1. no wrap 2. old fashioned 15# tar paper 3. tyvek type only 4. zip only 5 zip plus tyvek. data [;lease -one earlier post did show some blower door comparisons. HMM, no paragraphs or sentence breaks, meant to be seamless like zip. My next house will still use 15# tar paper. Last house with tar paper outer shield had 50 Pa door test at NL=0.02.
What kind of house wrap? - Fine Homebuilding
2006年5月12日 · Teh house wrap really is irrelevant at that point. As for house wrap or no house wrap, I don't claim to be an expert. I was musing out load. However, I have worked on many 30, 40 and 50 year old houses with no house wrap! Never seen a problem with the siding or sheathing, with the exception of cases where windows were not flashed.
Typar house wrap and basement framing - Fine Homebuilding
2007年1月13日 · There is R12 batt insulation from top to bottom of the 2x4 walls with the 6mil vapour barrier on the "warm" side and the typar house wrap on the "cool" side. I believe they put the house wrap on the 2x4 walls to keep the wood away from the …