Strapping For Siding

We have done several vinyl siding jobs over foam with strapping with no problems none yet anyway.

Strapping for siding.

Kaycan gives you 6 tips to help you prepare your home to be sided with vinyl siding. For them it seems it s caveat emptor and cya. Vertical strapping is added on top of the sheathing. I have tried and get pretty much the same response as mentioned above.

Every piece of 1 in. I guess it depends on your climate whether the drying to the exterior through the siding is sufficient. If you currently lack attic ventilation and have difficulty achieving it then there is good reason to consider strapping but you must choose an appropriate product and you may wish to install vertical strapping followed by horizontal and then actively venting the resulting chamber. Furring strip board is perfect for a wide range of uses including carpentry hobbies shelving and general finish work.

The furring provides a sound base for the siding and also creates an air space behind the siding which aids drying. Using corrugated plastic sign board to make the strapping for the vertical ship lap board siding. Vertical shiplap is one of the simplest and most economical claddings to apply to a building but it s a little tricky as part of a rainscreen detail. Builders typically add furring strips over the foam then install the siding.

Vertical furring strips remove any materials that may hinder airflow or drainage behind the siding. It is the installer s responsibility. Vinyl over strapping firstly good luck with trying to get any guidance from the vinyl manufacturers. Vertical furring strips for installing siding horizontally use 1 x 4 kiln dried furring strips with a moisture level less than 19.

It s the brainchild of project manager travis anderson. While sloping the horizontal strapping or cutting drainage notches might deal with any intrusion of bulk water that gets past the siding it doesn t allow any ventilation of the space. Uninterrupted ventilation and drainage behind the siding.