Drainage Strips Siding

Advanced building products has taken the traditional furring strip and re designed it to function in the modern building environment.

Drainage strips siding.

Meeting enhanced drainage needs in areas with substantial exposure to wind driven rain dupont tyvek drainwrap can enhance drainage behind claddings such as primed wood fiber cement siding and foam board applied over flat substrates. An eifs drainage strip at terminations protects this air gap from being sealed off. This minimizes the potential water and vapor penetration of the exterior wall. A 1 8 gap created by the drainage strip keeps dryvit and other eifs assemblies dry.

Use with corrugated lath starter strip as a bug screen wrapped starter strip at terminations. Corrugated lath strip highlights low cost drainage and ventilation for siding that prevents mold and entrapped moisture. With stucco claddings the drainage space was traditionally provided by using two layers of asphalt impregnated felt paper. The sturdi strips hold your siding away from the wall to allow trapped moisture to drain away.

With vinyl and aluminum siding the drainage space is more pronounced and furring is not necessary. Get free shipping on qualified ready strip advanced drainage systems products or buy online pick up in store today. Watairvent furring strips are manufactured from a mold resistant non absorptive composite material and their dual vertical and horizontal channels allow for dual drainage and cross ventilation. The key is to isolate the house wrap from the siding to create a drainage plane.

Match sturdi strips with cor a vent s sv 3 rainscreen siding vent to create the siding vent system. Quarrix furring strips provide both a vertical channel for air and moisture to vent and drain out as well as a horizontal channel to allow air movements. Adhesive applied in vertical strips creates a drainage gap in the field of the wall. Drainage is created in two ways.

Lightweight 50ft rolls are installed with staples and trim with a utility knife. Rainscreen between flat to wall siding and the water resistive barrier as a best practice. Paint peels off exterior sheathing gets wet siding can warp and your house wrap becomes saturated. Recommends installing a 90 efficient drainage plane or a 3 8 inch air gap i e.