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   blue_eyed_devil | Nov 10, 2004 04:03am | #1

   MIIIIIIIIKE! we need you in here for this one!

   blue

   Warning! Be cautious when taking any advice from me. Although I have a lifetime of framing experience, some of it is viewed as boogerin and not consistent with views of those who prefer to overbuild everything...including their own egos

   Additionally, don't take any political advice from me. I'm just a parrot for the Republican talking points. I get all my news from Rush Limbaugh and Fox and Friends (they are funny...try them out)!

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   Piffin | Nov 10, 2004 05:17am | #2

   depends alittle what you are using for B&B material. It is by far best to run tarpaper over the sheathing and then strapping or furr it out as you call purrlining it. With B&B, you WILL get water behind the siding so you need to allow it a way to get back out again.

    

    

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   DavidxDoud | Nov 10, 2004 06:31am | #3

   don't count on OSB to hold the siding...block/strap strategically so you have solid meat to attach to - -

   this a house,  barn,  outbuilding?  what level of detail?  careful planning makes for a clean job...

   "there's enough for everyone"
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   jjwalters | Nov 10, 2004 02:48pm | #4

   I'm getting close to siding my place B&B and have researched the hell out of the application............and got a different opinion from about everyone I asked.

   I 'm using white pine 1x10  ........2 1/2 or so batts. The pine is air dried to around 16 percent (around here 12% is the balance point) They tell me air dried pine lasts a long time and there are many old barns to prove this........kiln dried goes bad pretty quick.

   I am applying a water based product I purchased from a company in Canada. It will age the wood a silver gray. (Instead of fighting the natural graying affect, I decided to join it and make it a bit more uniform) I'm in a huge woods so I will kinda blend with the surroundings.

   My exterior walls are osb covered with tyvec. I had planned on applying stringers over the osb and attaching the pine to them........BUT a guy told me I was creating a million places for the lady bugs/bees to live in and I agreed with him. (I tore down an old barn on this property and the amount of lady bugs were unbelievable.)

   So here's what I decided to do. Put the boards up tight cause they will shrink a bit yet and when I'm done I'll apply the bats.   I'll do my best not to have any water traps, but I'm sure there will be maintenance with Board and batt no matter how I apply it.

   My house/cabin is small (1400 sq ft)... I have access to a sawmill so replacement of a board will be no big deal. You just pull it off and replace it......If I were building a larger, more complicated place I would not B&B it at all as this is a high maintenance application no matter how you do it IMO........   
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   baseboardking | Nov 11, 2004 02:05am | #5

   You have probably bought your pine, but if you can get hemlock it's a much more durable choice. That's the solid black/gray siding you see on the really old buildings.Good luck!

   Baseboard been VERRRY good to me