Ya I'm currently residing a apartment building 6 yo that the plastic used to keep bugs out in the base, that literally exploded from freezing and holding water back. Lots of damage to every thing.

What would you recommend for putting behind a metal board and batten siding with a zip system sheathing. My thinking is the board and bat is going vertical, but I wouldnt want to put my slats horizontal as this would stop the water from falling? Any suggestions?

@jake.bruton.aarow.building

4 ай бұрын

You could run the same 3/8” ply diagonally in 48” strips or you could use something like Batten UV or Slicker max for that install.

Jake would a Keene’s rain screen used for stucco applications creat enough thermal gap so that I won’t have to use Zip R3, my structural engineer is not recommending Zip R3 due to low shear value in compare to regular 7/16 Zip. Trying to find a affordable solution. Building in ATX

@jake.bruton.aarow.building

4 ай бұрын

I would chat with another engineer. I believe that even with the R-9 attached the zip system still carriers a structural 1 rating.

Could I install rain screen behind ridged foam ?

@garymitchell7551

4 ай бұрын

I think you can as long as you have air flow behind it

@busnorth

18 күн бұрын

What good would that do?

I prime any raw wood that comes in contact with water. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@jake.bruton.aarow.building

Ай бұрын

In this case it is a waste of effort. Your call obviously but I can attest that it is absolutley not needed.

prime that wood

@jake.bruton.aarow.building

Ай бұрын

I assume you are talking about the batten strips. Priming or treating is actualy unnecessary for the battens. You have to think of their purpose. They are there for drying. So long as they do their job and offer more time to dry that wet they will survive in an untreated state. Its about rate. Think of the code. Code allows for untreated wood siding because it knows that the siding will be drying nearly all the time. Just for argument sake as well, we have renovated a project with 10 year old battens that were perfectly fine on the north side of a building untreated. So long as they can dry, they don’t need to be treated, primed, or painted. It is a tricky one the first time you see it for sure. Thanks for commenting.

Pennies of investment

@jake.bruton.aarow.building

Ай бұрын

I hate to keep going back on you on this. It absolutely isnt pennies though. On this house you are talking about priming roughly 3300 LNFT of material for what we know to be proven unnecessary. I understand the reason you initially think its outside it should be primed. However, I promise you will be wasting your time priming, painting, or treating the material. It is constantly drying and draining, if it wasn’t it wouldn’t do its job.