The siding on my home is defective and is supposed to be replaced soon, which provides the opportunity to add Tyvek=AE HomeWrap=AE. The contractor says he is using a "green board" which adds just a little "R" value, but not the Tyvek Wrap unless I order it as extra.
What is your opinion on adding the Tyvek Wrap too? I've heard that it helps stop air leaks and thus keeps the house warmer in winter, cooler in summer and reduces heating and air conditioning bills. Others have said it makes a house too tight and can cause mold, and it costs too much. Have you had any experience with this product?
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It does pretty much the same thing as tar-paper, only better. I think it's too expensive too. I thought greenboard was a sheetrock type product for wet locations like showers, but apparently it's also this stuff:
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is a closed cell polystyrene foam.
Tightly fitted foamboard will do a good job of reducing air and moisture movement through the walls by itself. If he caulks the seams, that would pretty much make housewrap irrelevent.
Unless, of course, you're in a place where code requires housewrap even when it doesn't make any sense.
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