Team Typar!

I mentioned in my last post that one of the "real world" strategic difficulties I've had to deal with is how to go about insulating the wall one portion at a time, sometimes with weeks in between each portion. Part of my strategy was to use Roxul batts for insulation, the other part of my strategy has been to not install more insulation than I can cover over with Typar before the weather threatens precipitation. Successful execution of this strategy relies on keeping track of the weather forecast and also having a rough idea of how much time it will take to cover up the insulation.

That was a lot of work.

Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai

I'm lucky. My wife, Jessica, is a real good sport and without her help this project would be in constant jeopardy of never being completed. After I am done insulating a section of wall, it is Jessica that comes to help me put up the Typar - together we are "Team Typar".

Here Jessica waits patiently while I take her picture. Jess is in charge of holding and unrolling the roll while also pulling the material taught for me to staple. I follow along with my stapler - I use 3/8" T-50 staples to tack the material in place. We try hard to avoid wrinkles. To avoid wrinkles, it works best to just let out a little material at once and avoid windy conditions (morning is a good time for this work, when the wind is usualy light).

After Jess helps me tack up the Typar, I finish it off by nailing it down more securely, cutting the openings and taping over nails and staples.

I nailed the Typar 16" o.c. in both directions using 3/4" roofing nails, which are more like large tacks than nails but provide good holding power.

Typar opened up, taped and flashed.