Siding intallation
by Brian Perry
Eastside Realtor
Once the demolition is done, and you have carefully gone over the surface of your exterior walls checking for stray nails, its time to wrap the house. Wrapping the house is simply adding a waterproof vapor barrier... like wrapping it in a gortex coat. The tools I needed for day two include:
1 roll of Tyvek vapor barrier
1 roll of Tyvek Tape
tape measure
utility knife
staple gun
level
hammer (for removing missed staples and nails)
crow bar (to pinch hit for hammer in certain situations)
teeth (for cutting tape when your utility knife is lost)
The application is easy! So easy in fact my wife declared "hey this is as easy as wrapping a giant christmas present".
Here is the procedure:
1) Measure the length of the wall to be covered
2) Start in the lower left hand corner, stapling just the end of the cut piece
3) Unroll the piece completely and level, once leveled staple the other side
4) Move your way down the Tyvek stapling the top every 2' or so along the top
5) measure the next piece, overlap and start again until entire wall is covered
6) Tape all seams and around all doors and windows with Tyvek tape.
There are other materials you can use on the market as a vapor barrier. The nice thing about using Tyvek is that it is very light, easy to cut, and there are red squares printed on it that allows for a perfect overlap. The rolls come in 3' and 6' widths and various lengths. The Home Depot stocks both widths in 350' lengths. Each 3' roll cost me $59.98 and the tape costs $11.98 per roll.
The cost of materials for the north side of the house (excluding tools) = $78.36
Next we install the Hardi-plank!
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