Foam Siding Board And Then Housewrap

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.

Foam siding board and then housewrap.

Then tyvek home wrap and foam insulation then new vinyl siding. 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 am also considering blown in dense pak cellulose as my heating bills are high. 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. That said adding 1 2 to 1 of foam insulation board over sheathing and under siding will do much much. In fact the two products combined make your home super insulated from outside wind and weather. Currently my walls go from the inside out gypsum board poly 2x6 framing with unfaced fiberglass batts black fiber board for sheathing tar or felt paper and then the 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. How to install rigid foam under siding. I just saw a video from dupont that this is how they recommend the installation goes. Do i need to worry about moisture getting in and not getting out.

Tyvek is not designed as a product for older homes. 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. 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.

My house currently has cedar shake which i m removing because it is in poor condition. Installing house wrap with rigid foam insulation. The answer happily is yes. Should i do both the foam board and the cellulose or just one or the other.

I plan on putting vinyl siding. 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.