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Originally Posted by Bill-n-Brillo
I'm with ya, Rubicon. Sounds like you did a great job of getting your issues resolved.
Guess I was getting hung up in the terminology - to me, a 'house wrap' refers to the latest-and-greatest product(s) that are being used as moisture barriers on house exteriors nowadays.
I've seen something new-to-me in that industry right across the street from us here - new stick-built home with the exterior sheathing sprayed with a fairly thin coating of what would look like undercoating on an automobile of old. It isn't tacky when dry and seems to have some amount of flexibility. The piece of literature the contractor posted inside on a garage wall stud states that the product makes the home 'water resistant' (ie. they're not guaranteeing it to waterproof the walls) but.......and here's the show stopper to me - it doesn't let the moisture out either.
And you're right as well - the best house wrap system in the world isn't worth a hill of beans if everything associated with it and the outside of the structure aren't installed properly. Intrusions through the walls after the fact, as you mentioned, also cause problems as well.
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Bill: I did hear about that water proofing system. Tyvek usage really increased when homes began to show signs of damage resulting fom water penetration. It started out with faux stucco homes and moved to real stucco homes. The green wrap used hee is a version of tyvek. It is better becaue contractors have the ability to see through it and hence know that they have not missed any nailing. Stucco homes if built properly are designed to withstand more than other buiulding materials. The problm again was craftmanship. those old timers knew how to build real stucco homes
The big problem with water penetration was the mold/mildew issue. Many restoration companies pushed this issue heavy for obvious reasons. I have seen the results of severe mold/meldew and it will total a house.
I also witness restoration guys so concerned about their health inspecting water damaged homes that they actually wore tyvek suits and oxygen feed masks
We had a lawsuit in MN with a home built for $5 million that incurred $4 million worth of water damage