Hardie Plank Reno Questions

hansolo1

I am trying to put hardie plank siding up on a 1968 house. Contractors will do the work and I want to make sure its done properly.

The job involves stripping two layers of old siding off to get to plywood sheathing. The plan is to put rigid foil covered styrofoam insulation (1" thick according to hardie instructions) on top of the sheathing and then tape the seams. Then the hardie plank will go over this. Obviously the hardie should be nailed into the studs. Is there a good way to keep track of where these studs are after the insulation goes on? I would imagine this is critical info.

3 Windows were built out to accomodate the 1" inulation and hardie and some blue skin membrane about the window opening was left partially unadhered so that it could be integrated into the siding job. The idea was to stick this membrane to the outside face of the foil-backed insulation. Another option would be to stick it to the plywood sheathing. Any comments welcome.

One thing that was not planned was any type of building paper or house wrap. I was wondering if this would help or hinder the whole thing. The weather here is northern Alberta (extreme cold long winters), I wouldnt want to trap moisture/condensation somewhere and end up with rot problems.

Any comments much appreciated.

Patrick

Your siding contractor should be able to figure that one out for you.

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