I won’t get to siding my house until late winter or spring but I want to put the house wrap on before I put the windows in. I’ve read the great debates of tyvek or typar with no conclusion. It will be on over thirty days so I feel I should use typar.
What to you all think I should use.
Also should I wrap the window framing with anything else besides the house wrap?
Thanks……………Roy
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15# felt.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
"DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"
First, a question...what kind of siding are you applying?
Okay...now an answer...since you'll have several month's UV exposure before siding, I'd use felt. Even if you got a wild one and wanted to downgrade later to a spun poly product, the initial low cost of the felt won't break the bank.
For the windows? Again, felt, or an ice/water membrane.
The siding is going to be hemlock clapboard, preprimed both sides, above on the second floor or gables will be pre-stained red cedar. I don't like the thoughs of using felt, labor. A 9 foot roll of tyvek is so much easier. I always felt years ago (80's) when we switched to tyvek it was a better product. Working in VT one winter a fellow worker forgot his hat, he fashioned a hood out of tyvek. He said it was actually warm.
But due to how noisy it was and the fact that we couldn't stop laughing he didn't wear it long.
Roy
I'm pretty sure jlc had a housewrap shootout awhile back. You may want to try the archives. I think Typar came out ahead for exposure durability.
Sounds like you`ve already made up your mind and are just looking for enough positive responses.
I`ll stick with 15# felt.J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
"DO IT RIGHT, DO IT ONCE"
"But due to how noisy it was and the fact that we couldn't stop laughing he didn't wear it long."
What did you say, I couldn't hear over this flapping noise. The hurricane's going by!Excellence is its own reward!
Felt.
But what does mike know?
Jeff.......Sometimes on the toll road of life.....a handful of change is good.......
Felt
Side note....... for long term exposure the best fastening method i've found is , mason's twine stapled on with a 'slap stapler' about every 16" and maybe 4 horziontal runs in 8ft , had a building in central Illinois set for 17 months exposed{ homeowners ran out of money} never a problem also works great for felt on roof ,shingle over, nothing to remove, super fast .