Hi community, does anyone have a link I can share with the contractor, about a siding installation where there is foam board insulation on the outside of the tyveked sheathing (continuous exterior insulation), instead of between the studs? This is for the above-ground part of a basement wall.
Details: Post-remediation (basement laundry room), the mold inspector/environmental hygienist who did the clearance said that when replacing the siding/WRB on the basement laundry room, we should not have any insulation (even rigid foam) between the studs, or inside of the sheathing, and that if we have any insulation at all it needs to be outside the sheathing (i.e. unfinished, studs, sheathing with tyvek, rigid foam (XPS), rainscreen, siding. However, the contractor said in decades of installing siding here in the Northern CA mountains, he’s never seen insulation outside of sheathing, always between the studs (which the mold inspector said to avoid). He’s open to doing it that way if I can show a link with reasons for doing it that way (i.e. continuous insulation on the outside). He recommended fiber-cement siding but is open to others. This is just a 5 feet by 12-16 foot section. Has anyone here ever installed foam-insulation on the outside of a building envelope (outside the studs/sheathing, just inside of the rainscreen/siding), and does anyone have a link to a resource that details this? Thanks! |