RE: [Philmont]: Tyvek Tarp

From: Donald S. Roberts
>
> > From: Rick Tyler
> >You can find it or a
> > similar product from other companies at practically any good home

> >center or building supplies store.
> >
> Actually, this is not accurate. It should read "for most
> parts of the country, you can find it..." Here in So. Cal.,
> you can only get it by special order. I've seen it used
> maybe on one building project in the five years or so since
> I've heard of this stuff, we just don't seem to find the need
> around here. We are in a
> desert, after all :-). Because of this, builder scraps is an
> option that is not open to us here in So. Cal.
>
Heh. If you'd just stop slathering stucco on everything and use good
ol' mushroom-growing LP siding you'd know all about housewrap. FWIW,
I grew up in Huntington Beach. Our house didn't even have attic
insulation. What with the wild temperature swings from 60 degrees in
winter to 74 degrees in summer it just didn't seem necessary.

- Rick

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Received on Thu May 19 12:39:43 2005