Drainage plane / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Installing Siding Correctly so that walls can drain in timber frame homes
Exterior cladding

How to install siding

...Drainage planes (building paper, house wrap, etc.) allow any moisture that does accumulate behind siding a chance to drain away harmlessly. The air space between siding and sheathing should also allow humid air to escape. In order for both of these actions to take place, when siding is installed correctly there needs t...