Zip System sheathing, anybody using it? - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

**loneframer** · 08-31-2009, 05:24 PM

This job is my first chance to use this product. OSB with a waterproof coating. Tape the seams and your dried in. Nice stuff as far as I can see to date.

**framerman** · 08-31-2009, 05:30 PM

Yep, getting ready to do one myself. Walls and roof. It will be interesting.

You don't actually walk across those planks do you?

Framer53 · 08-31-2009, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by framerman

Yep, getting ready to do one myself. Walls and roof. It will be interesting.

You don't actually walk across those planks do you?

Man I was thinking the same thing?

paulie · 08-31-2009, 05:41 PM

Heard about it, haven't seen it though. Do you have a link? Or do I have to go through the hardship of Googling it.

Looks nice though, what about the warranty? Is it still warrantied if you don't get the tape nice and straight like you?

www.phbconstruction.com

**loneframer** · 08-31-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by framerman

Yep, getting ready to do one myself. Walls and roof. It will be interesting.

You don't actually walk across those planks do you?

They are just there for peace of mind. I'm well into the 200 club, so these feet are on aluminum planks or solid ground.

A word of advice: Only put up what you can tape off, because the edges will swell if left to the weather.

**loneframer** · 08-31-2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by paulie

Heard about it, haven't seen it though. Do you have a link? Or do I have to go through the hardship of Googling it.

Looks nice though, what about the warranty? Is it still warrantied if you don't get the tape nice and straight like you?

Sorry, don't have the link. I think it's either a 25 or 30 year warranty. It's also got great exposure allowances, not sure of the number.

BTW,
That tape isn't quite as straight as the pics lead you to believe.

paulie · 08-31-2009, 05:57 PM

Just Googled it and requested info from the site. Don't have anything going right now but have a flat roof redo that looks like I'm going to sign papers on Fri. I wonder what they'll say about flat roof sheathing?

www.phbconstruction.com

**framerman** · 08-31-2009, 05:57 PM

i figured it was the upper part of the jacks.

here's the link

sorry, posted huber's website. paulie got it right

http://www.zipsystem.com/

same company as advantech

good to know about the swelling

paulie · 08-31-2009, 06:01 PM

I went to www.zipsystem.com I kinda wanted to know the pricing but the site of course wants to send you the pitch before the $.

www.phbconstruction.com

neolitic · 08-31-2009, 06:02 PM

Wait til Maxx gets here.
I think he was using that stuff
last year.

dkillianjr · 08-31-2009, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by framerman

You don't actually walk across those planks do you?

I was gonna ask the same thing

Did you guys cut it right up on the roof on those horses? Looks like nice stuff, I just saw it at my local yard the other day. I'm deffinetly gonna try it out the next time I can. Seems like it would take some of the anziety out of trying to get a roof sheathed and tarpapered

Dave

**loneframer** · 08-31-2009, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dkillianjr

I was gonna ask the same thing

Did you guys cut it right up on the roof on those horses? Looks like nice stuff, I just saw it at my local yard the other day. I'm deffinetly gonna try it out the next time I can. Seems like it would take some of the anziety out of trying to get a roof sheathed and tarpapered

Dave

Dave, we did cut off of the horses for the majority of the roof due to the fact we sheathed over the existing roof deck, as well as build a firewall between the two buildings and frame a shed roof to allow for a fascia for a gutter system which did not exist originally. You can see the shed roof with torch down applied in the first pic.

ClemS · 08-31-2009, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by loneframer

This job is my first chance to use this product. OSB with a waterproof coating. Tape the seams and your dried in. Nice stuff as far as I can see to date.

seen it on a couple of jobs. stopped and asked about it, was told it's cheaper than cdx sheathing, and is more stable (doesn't potato chip so much). good for doing dormers I'd say. is it any heavier than regular 3/4 cdx?

knucklehead · 08-31-2009, 08:08 PM

Looks like a really steep roof

**Cole** · 08-31-2009, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by knucklehead

Looks like a really steep roof

You're kidding right?

wallmaxx · 08-31-2009, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by neolitic

Wait til Maxx gets here.
I think he was using that stuff
last year.

It's nice not to have to wrap the house. I like it.

Once sheathed and taped it's considered dried-in. Don't over drive the nails in the field or you'll have to tape over them.

And don't let the wall sheathing touch any horizontal surface that can pool water. The green stuff wicks like a mutha. The pic below is of a project up the mountain. The only thing that saved us on the wavy sheathing was the very irregular cedar shake siding.

Loneframer - looks tight as always.

jkfox624 · 08-31-2009, 09:12 PM

Say you had a good sized roof and could only do half of it in a day, are the edges where you stop vulnerable to moisture? Do you just drop the tape over the edge to protect it til you get back on it?

ClemS · 08-31-2009, 09:15 PM

i'd still put ice&water and felt on a roof decked with that before any shingles go down. same with the walls. call it being paranoid

wallmaxx · 08-31-2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ClemS

i'd still put ice&water and felt on a roof decked with that before any shingles go down. same with the walls. call it being paranoid

nothing wrong with paranoid.

knucklehead · 08-31-2009, 09:32 PM

So, you tyvek over the top of that?I always start the tyvek on the bottom and over lap the upper row, like a roof.