No Tyvek Behind Siding

During a recent repair to our siding we found that the house had no building wrap tyvek under the siding.

No tyvek behind siding. While some believe that the original product was. No tyvek behind siding kbrittain kenneth r. Come up with another detail to keep the siding off the tyvek. Brittain nc lic 3262 august 6 2013 1 28am 21 august here s a couple narratives i pulled from the mb there was no water resistive barrier visible at random sample locations at the exterior sheathing osb.

Vinyl siding is one of if not the most popular exterior cladding for residential homes. Asphalt felt tar paper the standard requirement is type 1 felt meeting astm d 226 standards. If tyvek is a good idea or not depends on where you are. During a recent repair to our siding we found that the house had no building wrap tyvek under the siding.

There is no logical reason not to have house wrap under vinyl siding and many authorities strongly agree that it should be viewed as mandatory even if your local building codes don t necessarily require it. Roofing felt seals around the nail after it heats up. The only place i have used tyvek in the past few years is the crinkly version under some rigid foam with lightweight stucco. The barrier prevents wind driven moisture and when a nail is sealed it acts as a much smaller hole then if there was no tyvek.

Is tar paper or housewrap needed under new siding. Up in the hills bonny doon ca facing south and west about 10 miles from the ocean. This explains why the house does not retain heat. Tyvek commercialwrap should be covered within 270 days 9 months.

It is waterproof but allows smaller water vapor droplets through. Tyvek homewrap and tyvek stuccowrap tyvek drainwrap and tyvek thermawrap should be covered within 120 days 4 months. It might work before i hand the siding and trim but after that it s swiss cheese. One would be to remove the siding wrap the house and then reside it.

Dupont tyvek goes on the wood sheets and is covered up by a waterproof siding shingles. Tyvek is like goretex a la mountain jackets but for houses. It seems that we have two options.