4 Reasons You NEED This Behind Your Siding

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  • @NSResponder
    @NSResponder Жыл бұрын

    In a hot, dry climate, that air gap is very much worth having for the cooling benefit. Any circulation behind the siding really helps to lower the heat conduction from the wall surface.

  • @Kanal103

    @Kanal103

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, especially with dark metal siding.

  • @percyfaith11

    @percyfaith11

    Жыл бұрын

    White paint or stain.

  • @chrisprice2200
    @chrisprice2200 Жыл бұрын

    I find it interesting how different building practices are, in different areas, just here in North America. I’ve been in the business for 20 years, here in Nova Scotia. Rain screen has been practice for the entire time, and who knows, how long before me. Locally, if we even repair more then 1/3 the siding on a wall, we’re required to remove it all, and install rain screen. Makes so much sense. A big benefit to it,is it allows your siding to dry out. Wood siding painted with latex paint, can hold a lot of water. For clapboard style siding, we often just use a pressure treated 1 1/2 x 3/8 lath. Very inexpensive, and very easy to use.

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed, here in the US we like to gamble.........

  • @tristanedwards1340
    @tristanedwards1340 Жыл бұрын

    It 3am here and I’m watching about rain screen assembly

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome!!!

  • @erickessler6094
    @erickessler6094 Жыл бұрын

    Steve & Matt, Excellent short take Men! I love that point about Calk being optional since water will dry out... so "let water out!" Awesome looking product in the drain plane. Dr Joe taught that water gets in cuz water under wind pressure flows uphill and all around. Cheers, Eric

  • @supremelawfirm

    @supremelawfirm

    Жыл бұрын

    Good point: that's another crucial reason to focus on the interface of these vertical air gaps with the soffit vents and with similar air gaps to vent the roof. Off the top, I should think a continuous air gap should be designed to minimize water intrusion at that crucial connection at the soffits. Yes, strong wind will drive water UPWARDS, particularly at the soffits.

  • @outbackwack368
    @outbackwack368 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!!! We'll be moving from Phoenix and building in the Knoxville area in a couple years and will be getting around 50" of rain annually. This is timely info for my list of to-do's!

  • @jeffcarr7279

    @jeffcarr7279

    Жыл бұрын

    I live in Knoxville and the moisture issues are major. Lots of issues with crawlspaces.

  • @JamesAllisonIII
    @JamesAllisonIII Жыл бұрын

    #5 Sound Abatement! An air gap is a great way to decouple the wall to lower sound transmission into the home.

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    It certainly does contribute

  • @maurozammarano6651

    @maurozammarano6651

    21 күн бұрын

    Probably bit it really depends on how the system is built, in theory it can even amplify sound

  • @guylambrechts2303
    @guylambrechts2303 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful ending this one!! Nice option to underline the importance of air gaps. Let it all out!!

  • @dandebbieminert5712
    @dandebbieminert5712 Жыл бұрын

    Please explain the effects of thousands of siding nails thru the previously sealed Zip panels. Significant extra money is spent on ZIP panels, then more time and materials to repair and re-seal them, then drive thousands of nails into them to attach siding. Also, in 2017 you showed a 3-step sealing system over plain OSB. Wouldn't that, followed by Zip tape to seal mechanical penetrations, be more cost effective for the same performance? Thanks.

  • @bradtgm

    @bradtgm

    Жыл бұрын

    That's a good question. I'd be interested to hear an answer as well!

  • @kristenwalton326

    @kristenwalton326

    Жыл бұрын

    I would be interested in knowing also!

  • @bjosch4365

    @bjosch4365

    Жыл бұрын

    Not that it is a good answer, but perhaps add a seal over the nail points? Perhaps spray a water sealant over the entire Zip panel system as well?

  • @chrisdaniel2759

    @chrisdaniel2759

    Жыл бұрын

    I can't stop thinking about how to either attach outer cladding in a way that doesn't penetrate the just-obsessively sealed water barrier, or, have a water barrier that also passes as a final cladding. There's gotta be something out there, right? After a couple years of casually following building science I haven't found the silver bullet yet.

  • @Pepe-dq2ib

    @Pepe-dq2ib

    Жыл бұрын

    I though you only need to seal the nails if you overpenetrate the zip outer layer?

  • @olgajoachimosmundsen4647
    @olgajoachimosmundsen4647 Жыл бұрын

    This is very interesting. In Norway we've practiced to have constructions that breathe for maybe 30-40 years now. We always do siding that breathes, same goes for any sub-roof construction, soffits etc. But we use wood, minimum usually 23mm spacing on horizontal, with 36mm horizontal nailers on vertical paneling on top of 23mm vertical.

  • @valdius85
    @valdius85 Жыл бұрын

    My favourite Polish builder on this show ;) I assume you were born in America, but still your Polish heritage makes me proud of my country of origin :) I’m always happy to see you on this show. BTW: when a civil engineer calls an architect a “builder”, please take it as a sign of respect :) Your knowledge and common sense is great.

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Well thank you very much, many builders are my best friends, but I am an architect. Just don't want to mislead you - and yes 100% Polish heritage / 2nd generation American.

  • @CivilianDan
    @CivilianDan Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful. Great details.

  • @0Sirk0
    @0Sirk0 Жыл бұрын

    the air gap will help in hot seasons or climates. It reduces the thermal bridge from radiative and conductive heating from siding into the building. In the winter, the same will be true just in reverse. I have a crazy idea that on top of a conventional roof, you should build another roof for essentially the same reasons; the conventional roof is there for sealing the house and tieing in the structure, the exo-roof provides protection from the elements.

  • @King_Bored

    @King_Bored

    Жыл бұрын

    Good lord. I've had this same theory on double roofing for years. It's nice to see somebody else who thinks this way. 👍🏆🇺🇲

  • @michiganengineer8621

    @michiganengineer8621

    Жыл бұрын

    The double roof concept is essentially what Matt did on the remodel/rebuild of his personal home. I think the Pure Living for Life channel did something similar with their build. Furring strips down on top of their SIP roof and then a steel roof attached to the furring strips.

  • @King_Bored

    @King_Bored

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michiganengineer8621 that's very true. I've always thought of something like a sun shade or some kind of metal awning above the house, but it would be hard to do without making it look tacky. I should look into those techniques you mentioned thanks. 👍

  • @0Sirk0

    @0Sirk0

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michiganengineer8621 well that's an elegant method, but my concept is more like a steel roof a couple of inches to feet above the structural roof

  • @michiganengineer8621

    @michiganengineer8621

    Жыл бұрын

    @@0Sirk0 So you use a standard (or ZIP) roof deck instead of the SIP system. Probably be a lot cheaper even figuring in the cost of the insulation in the attic.

  • @blakebuilders8186
    @blakebuilders8186 Жыл бұрын

    Great pointers Matt!

  • @coasttal123
    @coasttal1239 ай бұрын

    If you live anywhere that you have tropical storms or hurricanes, rain will be blown uphill. Up under Hardie planks, up under shingles, up into ridge vents. Anyway you can have for this water to drain out is a good thing. I have learned this the hard way. Having had a house with synthetic stucco and lived in hurricane zones, giving water a place to leak out of a wall is a good thing.

  • @KiwiTim
    @KiwiTim Жыл бұрын

    Yea interesting, here in New Zealand all buildings are built on what we call a cavity system, they won’t get consent without it. There are different types on cavity battens we use, 3/4” thick by 2” wide treated timer (copper oxide, chromium & arsenate) is standard for vertical battens (for horizontal cladding) and plastic slotted cavibats for horizontal battens (vertical cladding). I remember the 4 D’s from when I did my apprenticeship relating to waterproofing and cavity systems, Deflection + Drainage + Drying = Durability. We have a very good system with consents relating to water tightness, but have a long to go with regards to air tightness, thermal breaks in framing and insulation standards and practices, that’s why I love your channel, great to share building tips and better practices from all around the world. I’m working on starting up pre-fab construction with thermally broken framing for exterior walls based on learned knowledge from channel like yours 🙏🏼

  • @constructionlife5059
    @constructionlife5059 Жыл бұрын

    Keene Building Projects has a lot more products like 020-1 rainscreen and 10mm rainscreen. Easy fur is very easily to install. Great video!

  • @Rocco101
    @Rocco101 Жыл бұрын

    Another great video Matt awesome

  • @alonzosmith6189
    @alonzosmith6189 Жыл бұрын

    I have a Taylor Morrison home in SC, wish the contractors would watch your Channel, they would learn a thing or two

  • @nosedoctor
    @nosedoctor Жыл бұрын

    Two years ago I was in process of building a new house. Was looking for ways to try to create better energy efficiency, and came across this "entangled mesh". We laid an entire full coverage layer of this material between the metal roof skin and the roof deck sheathing. The metal roof just effectively floats on it, although it is nailed down, with offset spacers to keep from crushing the mesh at the nail sites. Next important step was to create a ventilation path from the drip edge on the roof all the way to the ridge vent. To accomplish that, we used a corrugated plastic strip with parallel through and through channels aligned vertically, and placed these strips between the drip edge and the fascia. That allows a thermal draft to be created, all the way to the ridge vent, where the air can escape. Overall goal was to create a dynamic updraft between the metal roof and the underlying decking. I really don't have a good objective way to measure it, but I think it is helping with keeping temperature down a little. I've got about 9000 square feet under roof, and admittedly, half of its a walkout basement, but my utility bills were under $800 a month.

  • @chinookvalley

    @chinookvalley

    Жыл бұрын

    nosedoctor, And I was complaining because I pay $85/mo. 800 SF heated.

  • @nosedoctor

    @nosedoctor

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chinookvalley well I am in Texas and we just went 67 days without rain, and the daily high temps were averaging about 101 -103 for the majority of it , so I am not unhappy with the cost, considering rates have gone up > 25% in the last year. I should have mentioned there is almost 2000 sq ft of basement storage that is AC'd that is not living space so I guess the total is about 11,000 sq ft. AC space. Will be downsizing in a few years. or maybe take on tenants LOL. Will be empty nesting then. The whole above ground structure including attic is foam encapsulated and the stem wall for all the underground structure is ICF. I wanted to go with the AeroBarrier but my GC was gun shy about new technology, so we went with the encapsulation. Wish we had done the AeroBarrier and pink stuff in the walls. Matt Risinger is the one who got me started on looking at ways to create an air space between the metal skin on the roof and the underlayment on the roof deck. He did a video on something called Delta Trela. I ended up going with different manufacturer, but the same idea.

  • @supremelawfirm

    @supremelawfirm

    Жыл бұрын

    I really like the accurate language you have chosen to describe that "dynamic updraft". Builders should benefit from mastering essential gas laws in physics: PV/T is a constant. Also, that "dynamic updraft" should be assisted if there is a reflective foil on the bottom surface of that "ventilation path".

  • @nosedoctor

    @nosedoctor

    Жыл бұрын

    @@supremelawfirm you are right, and I thought of that, but did so too late. The underlayment was already on the roof deck. Considered doubling up but we were looking pretty overbudget versus projections by that time, so I saved my $ for insulating under the slab. I was happy I did that. The cost of radiant heating on the ground floor was higher, and after two winters, the floor (which is stone) stays comfortable with just the insulation. So many cool ideas I would like to have tried, but the money gets crazy, an its much worse now, unfortunately.

  • @KiwiTim

    @KiwiTim

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m really interested in what you used @nosedoctor, is there any way I could find your details to pick your brains a bit on how you did it, maybe get some photos of the vent paths and flashing systems you used?

  • @bhami
    @bhami Жыл бұрын

    It's pretty dry here in Salt Lake City. The thing that I find I have to be fanatical about is shoveling snow off and away from the bottom foot or so of my sheds. As soon as the snow starts to melt and soak against the siding, the paint job is toast.

  • @randallthomas5207
    @randallthomas5207 Жыл бұрын

    In low moisture high solar exposure desert climates, the air gap provides a movement plane for air behind the siding to move up and out of the the top venting, as the solar exposure heats the siding. This reduces the heat transfer into the interior.

  • @ericshinner3736
    @ericshinner3736 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Matt, nicely done on the information on all your shows. Going to be siding my home with 1x10 ruff sawn and 1x4 batten and will be using the rain fur .500 I have a question about how to do the ventilation in the lumber near the sofit and eves? Maybe you have a link to direct me on one of the shows that is pointed out. Thanks ,Eric

  • @1999JAMES.
    @1999JAMES. Жыл бұрын

    I remember watching "This Old House" in the 70's. Finally you guys are doing this right. Passive air flow designs walls and roofs. If your home has good storm water drainage, can't this be carried inches below the outside into the foundation with a pebble rock in place of soil?

  • @Everybodypoops2
    @Everybodypoops2 Жыл бұрын

    It’s like the old Vietnam jungle boots. Acknowledged that there’s no keeping water out, so give it a place to go once it gets in.

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Water "management" is key

  • @preston9412
    @preston9412 Жыл бұрын

    Curious about putting a radient barrier on the zip behind the furling strips and shething I'd it would have enough air gap to be effective.

  • @GRTRanchadventures
    @GRTRanchadventures Жыл бұрын

    Hey guys I have an upcoming building project that will use steel siding what's the best practice for providing an air gap without causing oil can on the metal?

  • @patrickrebstock200
    @patrickrebstock20011 ай бұрын

    @matt Risinger I have a mid-century modern house that has original redwood plywood sheathing with 4 inch on center grooves, similar to t1-11 but with smooth sanded face and 90deg edges on the grooves. I have some walls of siding that I need to replace. When I redo complete walls I can change up the methods and account for more thickness. I was wanting to adopt a rain screen strategy for this and wondering if this product is what you would recommend for use beneath 4x10ft plywood sheets. Originally it didn’t have a rain screen and was 2x4 construction with fiberglass bats in the cavity’s with tar paper then the plywood siding. Would using a rainscreen product such as this effect my shear/racking as the siding is also the shear. Thanks so much

  • @supremelawfirm
    @supremelawfirm Жыл бұрын

    More PURR-FECT CLARIFY from the "Rising-Air" Team. You B the BEST, Matt & friends!!

  • @supremelawfirm

    @supremelawfirm

    Жыл бұрын

    Matt, just a thought: in a future follow-up, you might consider illustrating some of the best details to interface that air gap in exterior walls with a similar air gap in a vented roof.

  • @PaulyDownUnder
    @PaulyDownUnder Жыл бұрын

    Do all exterior paints, oil or water based allow water and / or air to pass through for drying or is there a special type paint that should be used?

  • @chrisdaniel2759
    @chrisdaniel2759 Жыл бұрын

    Steve is lookin kinda jacked, nice work!

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    It was a nice profile wasn't it - thanks man!!

  • @pastorhays8322
    @pastorhays8322 Жыл бұрын

    do you ever reccomend spray foam behind your siding for extra insulation?

  • @trevorprescott3040
    @trevorprescott3040 Жыл бұрын

    How did you do the rain screen on your second story and popup at your house where the siding would touch the roofing? Did you just leave a small space at the base of the siding to allow airflow and let water out?

  • @granitfog
    @granitfog9 ай бұрын

    What about behind insulated vinyl siding? The insulation is reduces the risk of rain penettation but I suspect humidity can condense behind it. And additionally, what about the bottom attachment of vinyl siding, how to navigate the bug/rain screen with the bottom channel for the vinyl siding?

  • @aaronconner2010
    @aaronconner2010 Жыл бұрын

    I’d like to see a video that has some details on how to get your doors windows and corners done using this type of rain screen

  • @bigneilh
    @bigneilh Жыл бұрын

    Steve is the best!

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Well thank you very much sir

  • @chris7361
    @chris7361 Жыл бұрын

    Would termites still be able to get around the mesh?

  • @tommydegun7078
    @tommydegun7078 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Matt - Great episode! I am a huge fan. of your channel and the BSN. This might not be a best platform to ask so I apologize in advance. I am a IT guy that’s looking to break home performance space with zero working experience or training. Basically looking for a new career path. I was thinking starting out at HVAC then becoming a high performance home improver. I know it not as simple as I make it sound to be and there’s a lot of training, learning and work evolved but wondering if others subscriber like myself have come to you about this and what is your advice to them? Appreciate your time!

  • @MorryB

    @MorryB

    Жыл бұрын

    With your background you should look into getting in the Smart Home/ Home Automation area. I took an on-line course through a local college and it seem like it could be a real game changer for new construction if done properly. Wi-fi switches/controls greatly reduce the amount of wiring and labor that's required.

  • @d.waynejohnson3207
    @d.waynejohnson32076 ай бұрын

    Is this needed for brick or only when using a Hardie or vinyl type siding?

  • @stevedohnal1412
    @stevedohnal1412 Жыл бұрын

    Would like to see wild fire protection technique’s

  • @onlyscience7120
    @onlyscience7120 Жыл бұрын

    West side wall temperature in the desert can reach 130F.

  • @yogibeer9319
    @yogibeer93197 ай бұрын

    What is that air gap material called? Also what about the kick-out all along the first row of lap siding? Won’t that trap water?

  • @2EoD4
    @2EoD4 Жыл бұрын

    On a long wall how wavy does the siding look while sighting down the wall? since the rain screen isn't solid if you over or under drive your nail you will start to get wave in the siding? maybe

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    In my 30 years I have seen probably more wavy non-rainscreen walls than rainscreen walls - good execution is good execution, also please understand the venting option keeps your siding from warping, twisting, checking, etc because the siding experiences the same conditions on all sides - I did a house with spruce siding - straight as an arrow

  • @michjsear
    @michjsear Жыл бұрын

    James Hardie requires an air gap on all multi family installations to maintain warranty.

  • @raider401
    @raider4019 ай бұрын

    Question, wouldn’t you be able to use scrap zip boards ripped through a tablesaw to create furring strips?

  • @rosscoep1450
    @rosscoep1450 Жыл бұрын

    Can this be put over tyvek drainwrap?

  • @lancekaufman8
    @lancekaufman87 ай бұрын

    Do you have any videos showing detail under windows? I don't understand how vents under the window.

  • @MFG485
    @MFG4858 ай бұрын

    In my country, there are no Huber Zip System products. Can I use phenolic film-coated plywood instead of zip system sheathing?

  • @DHMADNS
    @DHMADNS Жыл бұрын

    Do you have a source for the easy fur?

  • @benzun9600
    @benzun9600 Жыл бұрын

    Where do you buy Keen rain screen in the USA?

  • @eranaubs
    @eranaubs Жыл бұрын

    Matt- Perfect world/best furring material? Some type of wood type furring strips or a material such as depicted in the video?

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    The Keene stuff is some of the best out there

  • @andrewgavi
    @andrewgavi4 ай бұрын

    Building in Tucson, AZ, would this be applicable?

  • @xokissmekatexo
    @xokissmekatexo4 ай бұрын

    @mattrisinger- how would you externally insulate with Rockwool and this setup?

  • @steveanderson4768
    @steveanderson4768 Жыл бұрын

    It does make a lot of sense if you can keep the house dry it will literally last forever what about if you put vinyl siding over it or do you need something a little bit stiffer such as Hardy for real wood

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Vinyl siding is somewhat a self rainscreen

  • @bahramkhalighi5063
    @bahramkhalighi5063 Жыл бұрын

    Wont adding all these 3/4 inch staples into the 7/16 zip create more ways for water and air to infiltrate the assembly that we are trying to make tight?

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    No, the rainscreen equalizes the pressure and creates a pressure drop - water falls to gravity

  • @bj820
    @bj820 Жыл бұрын

    How can this work in high fire zones, where we need to prevent embers from penetrating the vents?

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    I have used bronze screen in some cases

  • @jordanclayson2
    @jordanclayson2 Жыл бұрын

    One question...how is the top of the wall ventilated to allow airflow to occur behind the siding?

  • @moocowzrock

    @moocowzrock

    Жыл бұрын

    Usually just a small half-inch to 3/4 inch gap at the top of your siding, don't butt the siding up to the soffit, with an air permeable filter material at the top. Plenty for air to work through, and it lines up with the top edge perfectly so it blends.

  • @jeffk9405
    @jeffk9405 Жыл бұрын

    What do you recommend for wall shingles? It's not code for IRC projects in the PNW. Anything residential project built per the IBC is required to be designed by a licensed Architect and have an exterior waterproof inspection by a 3rd party inspector before covering the vapor barrier system with cladding.

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    "Homeslicker" by Benjamin Obdyke - check it out

  • @jeffk9405

    @jeffk9405

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 Hi Steven, is it necessary to caulk the shingles to the exterior trim with Homeslicker vapor barrier? I was going to have the painter pre-stain the shingles but was told by Benjamin Obdyke not to stain the wall side of the shingles as they do not want moisture trapped within the shingle. They want any moisture that makes it into the shingle to be able to pass thru to the vapor barrier and let is dissipate in the airspace behind the shingle otherwise the vapor can get trapped into the shingle and not completely dry out. Any opinions on this? It does have some logic to it. Thanks for the information.

  • @mr.g937
    @mr.g937 Жыл бұрын

    Do you nail on those rain screens? Or in between? if it's in-between, I'd be worried about compressing the material with no support

  • @percyfaith11

    @percyfaith11

    Жыл бұрын

    they said it was relatively non-compressible.

  • @9isherwood
    @9isherwood5 ай бұрын

    I don't see any structure to that keen strip. It looks like the product would crush causing an uneven look. Any alternative products for rain screen venting?

  • @sidingmaster
    @sidingmaster11 ай бұрын

    How does it dry after that bugscreen clogs with dust? If fact when it gets wet it eliminates the airflow

  • @HDZ_Ranch
    @HDZ_Ranch Жыл бұрын

    Where can the Keene Easy Fur be purchased?

  • @Gio-ue8ps
    @Gio-ue8ps4 ай бұрын

    What do you do if you use tyvek to osb

  • @trentharrison3483
    @trentharrison3483 Жыл бұрын

    if you don't caulk the corners and window trim how do you keep bugs out of there while keeping your expansion gaps for your siding?

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    You really think caulking stops bugs? And no, they don't like it in there especially if it is air open. The caulking provides an environment more desirable to them

  • @messagesystem333
    @messagesystem333 Жыл бұрын

    How does it keep bugs from getting up in the air gap?

  • @tjshire

    @tjshire

    Жыл бұрын

    A fine mesh screen runs along both the bottom and top of the siding.

  • @tamil1001
    @tamil1001 Жыл бұрын

    Is rain screen important if vinyl siding is the cladding? Doesn't vinyl siding inherently create an air gap?

  • @Ilove3SGTE

    @Ilove3SGTE

    Жыл бұрын

    No it doesn't, maybe a millimeter at best. The nailing flange will prevent most of the vertical air flow and water draining.

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    The code aknowledges Vinyl siding as a rainscreen. It is certainly not the best, but it does have a space - also it is inherently indestructible

  • @bobbygetsbanned6049

    @bobbygetsbanned6049

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 Don't go pressure washing vinyl siding thinking it's indestructible.

  • @chadlakin7517
    @chadlakin7517 Жыл бұрын

    Matt, what about high winds? Like in Charleston SC where I live. Hurricanes winds can get behind that and pull it off easier right?

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    No - it's about fastener and embeddment

  • @chadlakin7517

    @chadlakin7517

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 wow thanks for the reply. I watch every build show video to educate myself before building my dream home. If you say it's good to use in a coastal setting I'll believe it.

  • @robrowland639
    @robrowland639 Жыл бұрын

    Matt, my wife and I are having a barndominium built near Auburn, AL. The plans show the insulation kit is also the air seal for the house. Would this system be a god idea behind the metal siding? Rob

  • @JustinOsborne1

    @JustinOsborne1

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm in your area and haven't seen any new construction using Zip around here. Personally, that's what I'll be doing - Zip with airtight envelope around the entire house, rock wool in the walls, and foam in the conditioned attic. Had to talk my builder into the additional expense of Zip, but I think that's really the way to go. As Matt has said in other videos - foam is a bit disappointing in terms of air sealing, but having both can really help.

  • @Off-Grid
    @Off-Grid Жыл бұрын

    I have yet to find this in the US. Canada has it but I can't find anyone willing to ship it. Where can you buy it in the US?

  • @michaelrdegroat

    @michaelrdegroat

    Жыл бұрын

    I can't find it either. Only in Canada. Even my local contractor supply doesn't carry it.

  • @Off-Grid

    @Off-Grid

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michaelrdegroat if you do find some, please post it.

  • @nopelindoputraperkasa5869
    @nopelindoputraperkasa5869 Жыл бұрын

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  • @jeboccuzzi10
    @jeboccuzzi10 Жыл бұрын

    Rear ventilated Rainscreen 👍🏻

  • @davidhill7333
    @davidhill7333 Жыл бұрын

    Someone asked about critters? What about wasps getting in there or termites getting behind wood siding? Matt let us know what your experience has been with this. Thanks.

  • @conniemtompkins

    @conniemtompkins

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup. Perfect for bees as well if they gain an entrance.

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    @@conniemtompkins Actually they don't like the vented space, it dry and undesirable to them. I have a ton of rainscreens out there - they don't move in

  • @peacockgarage
    @peacockgarage Жыл бұрын

    Should this be done in a new England area?

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Definitely

  • @jwristen24
    @jwristen24 Жыл бұрын

    I like furing strips with coravent better.

  • @edstiver
    @edstiver Жыл бұрын

    I am building in the Carolinas, in a high wind and driving rain region. My builder is telling me the cladding needs to be securely fastened to the sheathing, or wind will get behind it and rip the siding off. I am new to the area, but he is pushing back hard on any exterior insulation or rain screen. Any words of wisdom? Thanks for educating consumers and builders!

  • @chrisdaniel2759

    @chrisdaniel2759

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a fair concern. Properly applied, I don't think that a rain screen would catastrophically fail any faster than a non-rain screened application. Again, properly done, I can't really picture an entry point for wind to get into. All the siding is still overlapped, or however it's 'normally' applied, the rain screen doesn't really change that, it just makes it go out a half inch further. But it's not like there are any gaping open holes remaining necessitated by the wind screen. I would guess that your contractor's concern relies on a misunderstanding of physics. By not using a rain screen, the siding isn't any 'more' fastened to the wall. The wall isn't providing any magnetic-like hold to it, just cuz it's touching the siding. If he's going to apply the same amount of fasteners (nails) either way, then that's no difference. And if the siding is applied the same way, just 1/2" further out (with no gaping openings), then theres kinda no difference in the end (except for multiple benefits of having a rain screen (thermal gap, drying, etc). Finally, think of how many people use a rain screen nowadays, and yet there's just not a crisis of siding blowing off, at least that I've heard of.

  • @milkman3851

    @milkman3851

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, there are builders that are stuck building the old way. Refusing to give merit to present better building techniques ( exterior insulation- rainscreen ) and will find excuses not to do them. Probably not wise to trust a builder who pushes back hard on installing these systems to do a good job. Good luck, if it was my house I would find another builder.

  • @paperburn

    @paperburn

    Жыл бұрын

    Dump him, I did the same on my house and had zero problems If your worried about rip off you just increase the nail schedule. and it goes like this, rain screen , air Gap, exterior insulation, water barrier fluid applied, zip board. you will thank me in 40 years

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Success is in the embedment of the fastener, if you use a wood furring strip typically we would screw those on and nail to them

  • @beachboardfan9544
    @beachboardfan9544 Жыл бұрын

    How is that setup not going to make your siding wavy af?

  • @Rezin_8
    @Rezin_8 Жыл бұрын

    Water crawls uphill....learned ALOT in Ornamental Aluminum classes....especially during a storm We used to do water tests around the nation, on various new builds....its AMAZING how water seeps in

  • @steven7650

    @steven7650

    Жыл бұрын

    The redwood trees are powered by the capillary action of water. The General Sherman is what almost 300ft tall. So water breaks are essential.

  • @Rezin_8

    @Rezin_8

    Жыл бұрын

    @@steven7650 bruh, I've been DYING to move to N Cali and help protect the Redwoods ❤🙏⚠️❤ life with purpose ♻️🤌 Mr.Bellows runs a program up there and is passing the torch to the next generation 🥲❤🙏

  • @theclickband1
    @theclickband1 Жыл бұрын

    With this kind of air gap benefit vinyl siding in any way Benefit vinyl siding in any way

  • @HuntBobo
    @HuntBobo Жыл бұрын

    We have a million dirt dobbers that live behind our siding in the air gap. We live in the woods and these black wasps get in every space. Southeastern US

  • @mefobills279
    @mefobills279 Жыл бұрын

    I'm hammer drilling cement out from behind my houses brick veneer. The builder was so sloppy they filled some wall regions up with brick mortar, and the wall cannot dry.

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Mortar bleeds water in about 10 minutes of a wetting event - like a highway

  • @mefobills279

    @mefobills279

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 I clued in after having to continuously replace rotted and twisted wood boards. Now that the wall can breath as normal, from weep holes to soffit, I'll bet there will be no more problems.

  • @AliNoh
    @AliNoh Жыл бұрын

    nice . i think it bug proof?!

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    It is

  • @l0I0I0I0
    @l0I0I0I0 Жыл бұрын

    Not clear how the cladding adheres to the easy fur without puncturing the air barrier? Guess it's not possible?

  • @jesseherman2453
    @jesseherman2453 Жыл бұрын

    Ripple strips

  • @TJK50014
    @TJK50014 Жыл бұрын

    how about vinyl

  • @daveklein2826

    @daveklein2826

    Жыл бұрын

    Pure crap

  • @CHDean
    @CHDean5 ай бұрын

    4:48 “Orientation doesn’t matter.” #IfHeOnlyKnew

  • @M13x13M
    @M13x13M Жыл бұрын

    A bit of a problem if you are adding insulation on the outside as some codes now require,

  • @edmarferreirajunior724

    @edmarferreirajunior724

    11 ай бұрын

    Not when the insulation is a rigid board of EPS, XPS or even an rockwool board. By the way, external insulation should preferably be done with load bearing insulation boards in order to avoid thermal bridges.

  • @M13x13M

    @M13x13M

    11 ай бұрын

    @@edmarferreirajunior724 Most siding manufacturer recommends installing there product without furring. So there will always be thermal bridging. You can see pics of hurricane damage where siding peels from the wall when it’s nailed thru a rigid board with roofing nails .

  • @John-2632
    @John-2632 Жыл бұрын

    Name of the material please Matt.

  • @PhotonHerald

    @PhotonHerald

    Жыл бұрын

    Product maker is Keene Product: Easy-Fur www.keenebuilding.com/products/building-envelope/walls-and-siding/easy-fur They also market a product called Driwall, in various thicknesses.

  • @John-2632

    @John-2632

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PhotonHerald Thank you !!!!

  • @PhotonHerald

    @PhotonHerald

    Жыл бұрын

    @@John-2632 No problem. It's mentioned in there, but it flashes by so fast that if you're not paying REALLY close attention, you miss it. I just happen to be the kind of anal retentive person who'll spend 10 minutes scrubbing through the video. 😁

  • @apex007
    @apex007 Жыл бұрын

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  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Yo Yo

  • @danbob1650
    @danbob1650 Жыл бұрын

    Lol someone else problem thanks neighbor 🤣

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah - I like that line

  • @percyfaith11
    @percyfaith11 Жыл бұрын

    That architect looks like a bouncer.

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    He is one bad ass, I know him personally lol

  • @percyfaith11

    @percyfaith11

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 I get the feeling you guys are really close.

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    @@percyfaith11 LOL

  • @johnknightiii1351
    @johnknightiii1351 Жыл бұрын

    This seems useful in not las vegas

  • @bratvlad
    @bratvlad Жыл бұрын

    I don’t know not so sure about paint, paint will go bad and fade faster from sun then rain water.

  • @percyfaith11

    @percyfaith11

    Жыл бұрын

    Water from the backside will bubble it off, leaving the wood exposed and necessitating scraping when repainting. Sun alone won't do that.

  • @sidingmaster
    @sidingmaster Жыл бұрын

    That stuff will definitely compress. James hardie does not allow it! Look it up!

  • @frostman9661
    @frostman9661 Жыл бұрын

    Are you worried about stapling that to the zip board? I feel you are making a million small perforations for water to get in...

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Holes only matter if there is a pressure across the hole, the rainscreen provides a pressure equalized space so the water is forced to fall to gravity

  • @frostman9661

    @frostman9661

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 That makes sense, but there's bound to be some kind of seepage of water into the wood fibers over the years around screw, nail, and staple holes, right? Definitely better than tyvek, but it still removes some of the water tight benefit of zip system. Is there a way around that?

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    @@frostman9661 I would think some yes, but wetting/drying is a rate question - the rainscreen tips the scales in favor of drying time

  • @frostman9661

    @frostman9661

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stevenbaczekarchitect9431 oh I see what you are getting at. That makes sense! Thanks your responses!

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    @fred-san Жыл бұрын

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  • @gernottrimmel5092
    @gernottrimmel5092 Жыл бұрын

    I thought hulk was green

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    This is before I get mad and mean

  • @seanm3226
    @seanm3226 Жыл бұрын

    This channel has had years of sponsored content (Prosoco, Huber Zip, Hardie) showing me all the reasons one WOULDN’T need this. And along comes a new sponsor (Keene) showing how necessary it is.

  • @chrisdaniel2759

    @chrisdaniel2759

    Жыл бұрын

    Matt's been talking about the benefits of a rain screen for a long time. Zip doesn't negate the benefits of a rain screen, it's just better than non-sealed panels.

  • @ssl3546

    @ssl3546

    Жыл бұрын

    bro have you even watched these years of videos? He has talked up rainscreens for as long as I can remember. The point is to protect the SIDING and zip does not do that on its own.

  • @seanm3226

    @seanm3226

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ssl3546 Yes Bro, He’s “talked up” rain screens for awhile, and now he has a sponsor. Funny how that works. Hardie siding (which was referred to) is cement based with a 30 year warranty.

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    @@seanm3226 it's not just about the siding - the vent space dries out the wall too. Infact the code allows you to decrease in class of vapor retarder when using a rainscreen. There are many advantages to a rainscreen beyond siding durability - even though it significantly enhances that too

  • @Stevesbe
    @Stevesbe Жыл бұрын

    So many people think siding is waterproof

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Baffles me

  • @georgek.5817
    @georgek.5817 Жыл бұрын

    Or… you could just build ICF and forget about all that nonsense 😉

  • @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    @stevenbaczekarchitect9431

    Жыл бұрын

    Rainscreens and ICF's is apples to elephants - not even in the same zip code

  • @davidhill7333
    @davidhill7333 Жыл бұрын

    oops, I should have finished watching the whole video before I commented, won't make that mistake again.

  • @ledebuhr1
    @ledebuhr1 Жыл бұрын

    If a rain screen is so necessary, then why doesn't Hardi require it to keep the warranty?

  • @chrisdaniel2759

    @chrisdaniel2759

    Жыл бұрын

    It'll last as long as the warranty either way. If you want it to last twice as long as the warranty, include a rain screen.