I am building a new house in northern Michigan. The bottom 7′ of the outside siding will be cement lap siding and the all the rest will be cedar shingles. The house is wrapped in Tyvek. After reading the horror stories about moisture trapped behind the siding applied directly to Tyvek, I decided to use the new product called HomeSlicker, which is suppose to provide ventilation behind the siding. The problem is the product is very expensive and as we are now finding in the process it is very time consuming to install with all the recommended detailing. All the cement board comes preprimed and the shakes will be coated on all sides. The question is am doing the right thing or should I tell the carpenters to stop when they reach the end of a wall? The house is probably going to finish at $400,000 (I even have trouble typing that amount) and I figure the Home Slicker is going to cost $10,000.
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Something wrong with those prices. I'm doing a 5-600K renovation on a fairly lartge house and using the product on all of it for fifteen to eighteen hundred
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I see this is a fairly old thread buy I know you are still around...
I got a sample of Home Slicker in the mail. Seemed like a great idea. Then I read here about problems with the siding coming out wavy... bummer.
Did you complete your project using the Home Slicker product? What were the finished exterior claddings? I can see how it might work out well with shakes, but not so sure about siding... I'm interested in using it with fiber cement siding.
I used Cedar Breather which is the same thing, but came out before they marketed Slicker. It's over CVG cedar and I had no waves. In fact it and the cedar were installed over Polysteel without furring.
We used prefinished cedar clapboards. had to be careful / touchy to avoid wavy look. overall came out OK, but they guys didn't like using it.
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I used the stuff on my house couple falls ago, over Tyvek under white cedar shingles--cost roughly $89 per roll (which covers 150 square feet) here in Maine.
Here's a thread where various opinions are offered on the topic:
http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&msg=25799.6&search=y
(hope that link works!)
Either prices have gone up considerably since you installed your Homeslicker, or prices in Maine are cheaper than Ohio. I was just quoted $124.11 per roll from the only supplier within 50 miles of Cleveland that has even heard of the product, and they don't stock it, but have to order it. Sometimes I think the midwest is the last place to see new trends or innovative products.
Conrad
The use of cedar siding and roofing I think is more prevalent in Maine and New England, which probably explains the better availability and price.
I used Cedar Breather for my roof last year, and the only local dealer in Buffalo (NY) had to order it for me. Pricey, too.
But I was really happy with the product.
Allen