air leakage through SIP/timber-frame screws
Last Post 28 Dec 2006 01:22 PM by mmacgowa. 2 Replies.
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27 Dec 2006 03:58 PM

I built a timber-frame in 2005 and attached a SIP roof and walls with long screws that extend all of the way through the panels and into the timbers.   Each screw has a large washer to keep the screw head from burying into the exterior OSB.  I assume this is the common way to attach SIPs to timber-frames (?).  A light snow is melting off of my roof and I can see a circle where each washer is, where the snow melted first.  I took a scrap of SIPs and pushed a screw through the foam, as the install crew did after penetrating the OSB.  The screw shank is not sealed by the SIP core because the screw threads create a hole that is larger than the shank.  I suspect that interior air is leaking through each screw hole and I am concerned that the exterior OSB will rot.  Does anyone have experience or advice on this?
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28 Dec 2006 07:17 AM
What you are seeing is conduction of the heat from the inside to the outside by a material that conducts heat at a very high rate,that is why frying pans are made mostly of metal.
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28 Dec 2006 01:22 PM
Imagine what your problem would be if the same effect could be seen at each joist? Screws have been around as long as SIPs so I wouldn't be concerned.
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