no sheathing????????

[joedirt63]

hello guys, i finally got started on the painting of my house , beher paint makes a exterior paint with primer, for vynle sideng and aluminum, wood ect, got 2 sides done and it seems to be holding fairly well ,does require two coats. it's a 94 astro, 2 bd rm.14x56 single. when i got to the rear end of the house i found ,to my suprise that there wasn't any sheathing behind my sideing in the gable area of the wall. the section from the 7 feet horizontal to the peak was all open with just the vinle sideing,keeping out the elements. i could see straight thruogh to the oposite inside wall ,all the blown insulation ,wireing and roof jack and bath vent. from the 7 ft to the floor is all sheathed, did someone forget something in construction? or is this how theywhere built? or what ? any clues. i'm going to check the front section and close it off too. but i will be installing a gable vents. we've got the only green house in the park behr color aloe thorn, sideng and pale honey for the trim. next week i'm finishing the reroof got about 1 square left to finish, it's tan or light brown . try to get some pics, it's hard been going back and forth to my kids house too, yeah i'm working on 2 houses at once kind of.

[Greg]

It may or may not be the way it was supposed to be built. Personally I would open it up and add sheathing & house wrap. Greg

[joedirt63]

thinking the same thing. would explain why the rooms are so cold in the winter,and the mold issue i had in the closet , they used the outside wall for the walk in closet. since it has the fiber board as sheathing should i stay with that or use something else?

[Groo]

Thats the way mine is. That is why I am planning on taking down the vinyl and putting up T111 plywood siding.

I am also planning on replacing the batting as the current stuff has not done well with only cracked vinyl to protect it

[joedirt63]

well i feel little better, when i saw that i said to my self what the!@#$%^&* where htey thinking? that t111 ply wood sounds like good idea but, i'm wondering about the weight factor, those rafters under my roof look more like spares on a air plane wing about as thick too.may i can talk her into do ing the front and the back and leave the sides alone

[Greg]

It you are just doing the ends, you should be OK. Don't forget you have the frame rails for support. You can add perimeter blocking on the sides if needed. Greg