By doing so however you miss out on the opportunity to add add energy savings to the project.
Black paper under wood siding yes.
I have heard that some builders don t use anything.
I just finished a siding tear off that became a resheath job because of the blackboard being so weak and wavy.
Despite your best efforts some water will make it through the siding so you ought to plan for it.
Do i need to put tar paper or some other house wrap underneath the siding.
Its primary purpose is to prevent air and water leaks that may have seeped past the vinyl exterior.
One associated issue that deserves special mention is the installation of wood siding over housewraps.
You could put water on the black paper the water beaded up and didn t penetrate to the wood behind.
I ll stick with tried and true felt paper.
Install flashings metal self adhesive or both as recommended by the window or door manufacturer or as required by local codes.
To sum it up house wrap is a lightweight paper like material that is most often used to completely cover the house directly on top of the sheathing and behind the vinyl siding.
Wood is an absorbent material.
I ve opened up houses built less than 5 years previous and the tyvek was shreaded like old newspaper.
They were built in the 1950s and 60s the felt was in perfect condition.
Answered by brett january 13 2011 comments i am going to install some new wood siding on our garage.
Polyolefin fabric plastic house wraps typically are made of woven polyethylene or polypropylene fibers.
Vinyl siding can be installed directly over wall sheathing wood siding or stucco.
In almost all situations the tar paper had become brittle but it still worked.
The gables needed plywood because the vinyl siding wouldn t have much to nail to.
If you choose the right housewrap and install it correctly you should have dry wall cavities.
On just about every one that was wood framed i came across tar paper under the exterior siding material.
Felt or building paper must be applied to walls properly to be effective.
Add an extra layer of protection between your shingles and roof deck with this 30 216 sq.
Install pieces in the correct order and make cuts carefully so any moisture can travel downward at all points without slipping under the wrap.
Asphalt felt tar paper the standard requirement is type 1 felt meeting astm d 226 standards.
Felt roof deck protection.
At 4 95 a sheet for osb it was a no brainer to resheath the house.
I have seen literally hundreds of houses stripped of asbestos siding that had 15 felt under it.