Open Joint Siding

Prolonged uv exposure on wrb.

Open joint siding.

A zip wall sheathing system is added over the building envelope as an air and water resistive barrier these wall panels install in fewer steps than a traditional housewrap so that the building is finished sooner. The answer is fronta quattro. Fronta quattro is making waves in the high performance industry as a specialty air barrier and weather resistant barrier wrb. In the seattle area where i work we get a lot of rain.

Open joint siding provides extra layers of defense. 1 2 acx exterior grade plywood added over the building envelope as an air and we then use state of the art industry leading reveal shield wrapping to protect the building further. An open joint wood rain screen is a construction method that uses wood siding as the outer rain screen layer creates a wall cavity space between the back of the siding and the outer building envelope and has an open joint in the wood siding to allow for ventilation. Open joint siding provides extra layers of defense.

Embody a modern aesthetic. Specified for open joint applications. What s driving the interest. About reveal panel system.

Hi y all thanks for watching my video. If you like what you see please consider throwing me 1 tip below. Where narrow siding is used such as the 4 inch cedar we used on figure 1. The open joint method can be used with either board or panel siding.

Fronta quattro offers exceptional uv protection making it ideal for projects with so called open joint rainscreen cladding systems in which parts of the. The reveal panel system by james hardie can be utilized to create an effective modern durable panelized look.