I’m doing some repairs on a timber frame house with sips panels about 20 years old. A lot of water damage on one section of house. As I look around, the roof has major problems. HO believes the roof to be about 10 years old, but looks like 25. Looks like the seams in the roof sips panels are telegraphing through the shingles.
The section I’m working on was initially a sliding door replacement, and has turned into much more. Besides the water damage of the osb, it seems to be separating from the foam core of the panels.
This is in W. Mass , I have no prior experience with sips construction. Has anyone seen this problem?
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What were the installation details, waterproofing, I&WS?
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Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA
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Look, just send me to my drawer. This whole talking-to-you thing is like double punishment.
Do SIPs come with warrantees? Can the homeowner ask the contractor who installed them? Seems like they would be very hard to repair if the OSB/glue to core is failing. Seems like it could become a never-ending problem!
20 years ago at the start of SIP's use on timberframes there were a lot of sub par panels made. It seems like anybody with a barn was making them and some made some pretty faulty ones..
That's why it pays to go with national brands like AFM, Winterform, etc..
OK, water over the dam..
Replacement of panels is the only solution. Find the source of water leakage.. sometimes panels were improperly installed without a vapor barrier at the seams as required thus vapor leaks out and causes damage..
20 years ago they were making things up as they went along. If the panels were improperly installed patching one area won't solve the problem..