How Do You Install Tyvek House Wrap?
Tyvek is a barrier material that is used for wrapping houses. It is also used to make coverings for vehicles, envelopes and a variety of other consumer products manufactured by DuPont. Tyvek wrap for houses comes in rolls of thin plastic-looking material and is used during construction and remodeling as a wind and moisture barrier. The house wrap is applied to bare outside walls before installing vinyl siding or other siding materials. Luckily, installing Tyvek house wrap is a fairly easy task that anyone can complete. Employ someone to help unroll and attach the house wrap to make the task easier. Unroll a foot of the Tyvek wrap. Make sure that the Tyvek and DuPont logos are visible for installation onto outside walls. Hold up the roll on the lower right corner on one of the sides of the home and secure the excess house wrap over the corner to the other side of the home. The excess is used to wrap around the corners of the house for additional weather protection. Have your helper unro
