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I’m starting on building my own house and a recent article in a local paper (www.startribune.com (sunday edition)) got me thinking about using exterior grade sheathing rather than osb for my sheathing. The cost is minimal. Would this provide any extra protection from rot, vs osb. Also we plan to put cedar siding on so I’m thinking about using 15# felt instead of “tyvek”. What are your thoughts–any help or ideas will be appreciated. oh and a while back there was an article that adressed “flashing” anybody remeber it off the top of there head. I’m going to the find my back issues but cant remeber how far back to look. thanks in advancee David
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David,
"Exterior grade sheathing"...are you referring to plywood? Ply and OSB both have proponents and opponents on this forum. Personally, I always use ply.
Bravo on the cedar.
There was a "How to Avoid Common Flashing Errors" article in the Apr/May '98 issue. I'm sure there have been others as well.
Search the archives for articles on cedar siding. < Obsolete Link > Backpriming, < Obsolete Link > rain screens, etc. Also, read Andy's post #4 in < Obsolete Link > this thread. Dig (deeply) into the archives, when you SEARCH use a variety of related key words to find additional related threads.
Best of luck with your project.
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I'm starting on building my own house and a recent article in a local paper (www.startribune.com (sunday edition)) got me thinking about using exterior grade sheathing rather than osb for my sheathing. The cost is minimal. Would this provide any extra protection from rot, vs osb. Also we plan to put cedar siding on so I'm thinking about using 15# felt instead of "tyvek". What are your thoughts--any help or ideas will be appreciated. oh and a while back there was an article that adressed "flashing" anybody remeber it off the top of there head. I'm going to the find my back issues but cant remeber how far back to look. thanks in advancee David