How To Wrap A House For Siding

If you are only planning to install an inch or two of insulation on the outside you would need to go with the 6 mil poly vapour barrier on the inside and my choice would again be the rockwool in that case to avoid incidentally installing an additional vapour barrier on the outside which the foam could end up doing.

How to wrap a house for siding.

Along the top of the window or door create a top flap. To sum it up house wrap is a lightweight paper like material that is most often used to completely cover the house directly on top of the sheathing and behind the vinyl siding. Over that you can install a weather resistive barrier home wrap then strapping and siding. Its primary purpose is to prevent air and water leaks that may have seeped past the vinyl exterior.

We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. Follow these steps prior to installing siding. Put the bottom corner of the house wrap about 2 inches past the corner in both directions. Work from the bottom up overlapping the lower courses.

But a cap stapler is better. This is our most comprehensive. Wrap the fabric around the edges of windows. For the easiest work plan to go from left to right.

Apply all layers of wrap shingle style where the top layers of a surface overlap the bottom layers. Apply house wrap up the gables before installing exterior trim even if the attic is not conditioned. Start at the bottom of your home s walls and unroll around the house. Unroll right over doors and windows and overlap vertical and horizontal splices at least 6 inches.

Continue unrolling around the house until you have reached the top of all exterior. It is acceptable to install barricade building wrap over wood based foam insulation or fiberboard sheathing and exterior gypsum board. Seal all seams with a special tape provided by the house wrap manufacturer. Tyvek says you can use 4 staples per 9 feet of house wrap if you tape over them an apply the siding right away.

Then use your staple gun or hammer stapler to tack the corner of the material in place. However if you re interested a residing project offers the perfect time to examine your home s weather barrier and exterior insulation and improve it if need be. Install house wrap before doors and windows. Continue stapling down the edge of the material periodically adding staples.