Zip system sheathing

Builders and Fine Homebuilding contributors Ben Bogie and Jake Bruton host two live how-to demos installing and flashing one nail-fin window using Zip System™ Flashing Tape and another using Zip […]

ZIP System® R-sheathing is the simple all-in-one structural panel with built-in exterior insulation with integrated moisture, air and thermal protection.

Huber Engineered Woods on Instagram: "It's all in the details. Remember to seal the sheathing to foundation transition with ZIP System liquid flash. Swipe to learn how with ZIP System R-sheathing. ➡️"

Watch Ben Bogie, residential builder and production manager from Portland, Maine, as he walks us through all the steps necessary to install ZIP System wall sheathing on a home.

When framing is done and you’re ready to install ZIP System sheathing on a house, you should first snap a level line on each wall to ensure your first course […]

Our easy-to-install ZIP System® sheathing and tape streamlines the weatherization process that delivers moisture and air protection with a water and air barrier.

When it's not raining too much for them to work, (Sigh! Rain in December?!) the sheathing is going onto the outside of the exterior wall framing. In most of today's building, sheathing is 4'x8' sheets, installed horizontally, to the outside edge of the wall studs. If structural, sheathing provides lateral (forces from the side, like wind) support to the walls. Once the sheathing is installed, those temporary diagonal braces we saw placed around the structure can be safely removed. Typical…

Editor's note: This post is one of a series by Eric Whetzel about the design and construction of his house in Palatine, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The first blog in his series was called An Introduction to a New Passive House Project; a list of Eric's previous posts appears below. For more details, see Eric's blog, Kimchi & Kraut.

Focus your efforts on the pattern rafter, and the rest of the roof falls into place easily.

Learn how to use a piece of bevel siding and some carefully fitted pieces of Zip System tape to flash sheathing to the framing.