In a typical situation.
Cement siding over foam insulation.
Almost any type of siding can be installed over the rigid foam cedar or redwood planks exterior plywood sheets cement fiber board or vinyl siding are common options.
Also are triple pane windows too heavy for a double wide mobile home with 2 6.
February 13 2013 exteriors insulation air sealing siding i ve become a big fan of utilizing outsulation on all my houses over the last 2 3 years.
Current pneumatic nailers have maximum fastener lengths.
Of course i did this all knowing my warranty would be void.
My siding is mostly in good shape.
And non nailable substrates 1 inches thick and less.
It adds up to a robust system.
I d like to side it in fiber cement siding to match the existing house.
I have a 1996 double wide mobile home that needs new siding and windows.
The foam on the outside keeps the wood frame.
Siding over rigid foam.
Last year i installed lp lap smart trim shingles and the 4x8 sheets of lp with batts all over 3 of continous xps foam using fern strips.
The bid i just got is from a company that wants to put vinyl siding with foam insulation attached to the siding on over the existing siding.
Cladding attachment over thick exterior rigid insulation background current building code does provide prescriptive means to attach cladding over exterior insulation table r704 3 note v.
Concrete cultured marble glass.
Applying hardie siding directly through c i.
Spray foam really is a magical tool for household insulation.
Lp siding with fern strips over insulation.
Minimum nail length must accommodate sheathing and penetrate framing a minimum 1 inches.
Well call me half hazard.
When applying james hardie siding directly over the combined thickness of foam sheathing continuous insulation and other non nailable substrates e g.
According to my calculations if i want to use rigid foam insulation on the outside of the 2 6 walls with r 21 fiberglass in the wall cavities i need at least r 11 25 in order to avoid condensation on the inside face of the sheathing.