Old Tar Paper Siding

Our house is over 20 years old and has narrow.

Old tar paper siding.

Asphalt siding made great homes for carpenter ants and termites and they d often cause considerable damage behind the asphalt siding over the years. It serves the same purpose and really the disadvantage of tar paper vs. The guy i have installing my vinyl siding just placed the foam over the old tyvek is that ok or should he have removed it first. The house has tar paper or xyz on it can i just go over it will that cause moisture issues.

If the tar paper is in good condition then i wouldn t replace it. On walls it has been eclipsed in new construction by various brands of house wrap a woven or spun bonded plastic. It s been there for years and i afraid to try to scrape or scrub it off for fear of damaging the siding. The old standby often called tar paper allows drying with a perm rating of of approximately 5 more when wet and blocks water effectively on a vertical wall making it an effective sheathing wrap.

It is an age old choice as a weather barrier under roofing and siding. This article provides photographs of asphalt based siding products and discusses common defects observed in asphalt exterior building siding such as buckling splitting cracks odors and questions about the need for a vapor barrier behind asphalt siding and over building sheathing. Tyvek is that it tears really easy when installing obviously shouldn t tear with siding over it. A second problem was insect control.

Recognizing siding with asbestos asbestos siding was manufactured to resemble many different materials so it doesn t always look the same. This underlayment is an important line of defense against moisture penetration. Look for a siding that is made to look like roof shingles. Tar paper used to be made by soaking a porous paper made from cotton rag scraps with thinned liquid asphalt.

I have a home that a previous owner used tar on the roof. Asphalt felt has other desirable qualities as well. The most common weights are 15 pound and 30 pound tar paper. Dmoore oct 22 14 at 3 51.

See more ideas about siding asphalt tar. The paper comes in different weights. Tar paper also known as building felt is tar impregnated paper. There is nothing wrong with tar paper as a housewrap if it is in good condition.

Some of it dribbled down the side of the wall. Dec 11 2018 vintage siding tar paper siding insulbrick siding asphalt siding rolled siding.