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What type of insulation to use?
Soon I will be removing a lot of the wood lap siding on our 1938 house
and replacing it with fiber cement lap siding. The wood siding is in poor condition and we are adding a room on the back of the house which would make it impossible to weave in the fiber cement with the old wood siding. Anyhow, I'd like to add insulation to the walls from the outside while I have the siding removed. Currently the walls are not insulated. I live in northern California and the walls are standard 2 x 4 studs, no plywood sheathing between the studs and the siding. I was planning on using R-13 batt insulation but don't know which type- unfaced, kraft paper or encapsulated in plastic. My preference would be in order- encapsulated, kraft paper and then unfaced. I plan on covering the insulation with either house wrap or 15 lb. roofing paper. Is there any reason not to use the plastic encapsulated insulation, stapled to the outside of the framing studs and then cover it with either Tyvek or building paper and then the Hardiplank lap siding? The interior walls are lath and plaster. Thanks. Dale |
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