House Wrap Not Fully Covering House Before Vinyl Siding

A professional builder or contractor should always make the final call on house wrap using it incorrectly can affect your home s ventilation or cause mold to build up.

House wrap not fully covering house before vinyl siding.

I am not re sheathing the house so i am unsure if a house wrap is needed when re. It has that old sheet rock like sheathing it s black i think it is exterior gypsum. It seems that we have two options. House wrap is hidden from sight once your new fiber cement or vinyl siding is installed but it serves an important purpose.

My house currently has cedar shake which i m removing because it is in poor condition. I doubt very much that a house built seven years ago has no insulation in the walls unless the builder was so irresponsible to not have done so. My question is do i install fanfold foam insulation over the substrate and then put housewrap over the fanfold or do i put the housewrap on and then fanfold over that and then vinyl siding any help with this would be greatly appreciated. So blowing new insulation should not be an option.

If you re planning on a siding installation during the colder months look for a house wrap that remains pliable regardless of the temperature. Basically the walls right now go exterior gypsum tar paper like stuff foam board vinyl siding. One would be to remove the siding wrap the house and then reside it. My house was built in the 60s and doesn t have normal plywood sheathing.

Do you think that there are any other options. I plan on putting vinyl siding. What do you suggest that we do. The second would be to blow insulation into the walls.