I am also considering blown in dense pak cellulose as my heating bills are high.
Foam siding board and then housewrap.
After that we were going to cover the black house wrap with 1 4in blue foam and tape all of the seams then proceed to start siding.
I am going to replace the old masonite siding on my house with lp smartside and have a few questions.
Many houses built today have a double wall type of insulation with fiberglass batts fastened between the studs on the inside and rigid foam board over.
That said adding 1 2 to 1 of foam insulation board over sheathing and under siding will do much much.
House wrap and foam board question help the insulation in the walls is what keeps the majority of the cold out not the siding or tyvek or insulation board although that does help somewhat.
Tyvek house wrap 1 xps with taped seams vinyl siding my builder was going to put the xps foam directly over the sheathing and then was going to wrap the house over the top of the foam.
I plan on putting vinyl siding.
The homeowner asked if we should pull the siding off put a tyvek housewrap on the house then put the windows in and seal with the 6in psa opti flash and then put the 1 4in blue insulation over that with taping.
Tyvek is designed for new homes only.
Should i do both the foam board and the cellulose or just one or the other.
My question is do i install fanfold foam insulation over the substrate and then put housewrap over the fanfold or do i put the housewrap on and then fanfold over that and then vinyl siding any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
I was planning on ripping the existing tar paper off and putting tyvek on the the entire house.
I just saw a video from dupont that this is how they recommend the installation goes.
Tyvek is not designed as a product for older homes.
Doing that extra work involving the different vapor and temperature barriers behind the siding may not be as effective as he wants it to be.
How to install rigid foam under siding.
Installing house wrap with rigid foam insulation.
In fact the two products combined make your home super insulated from outside wind and weather.
My house currently has cedar shake which i m removing because it is in poor condition.
The answer happily is yes.
One of the biggest questions homeowners have about house wrap is whether it can be installed together with foam insulation.
The foam board portion of the job will cost about 1500.