Drywall Before Siding

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Drywall before siding.

Here s a checklist of items that need to be installed before the drywall goes up. Be sure door and window frames can be built out relatively easily before taking this approach. As others have said if the builder has done good work the walls are dried in before the brick is installed. Our builder informed us that the insulation drywall is going up this week.

We are a little worried about this won t the insulation drywall get wet damp. Framing first followed by sheathing that is usually plywood or osb followed by housewrap if you re using one followed by siding. All wiring and electrical boxes installed for wall outlets switches and light fixtures. Drain lines along with hot and cold water lines.

The drywall becomes wetwall and if he has put any insulation in the wall cavities it gets soaked as well. The tricky part can be dealing with the added thickness where siding meets windows and doors. Then once you get the roof on and doors and windows in the house is dried in. The only gotcha i have seen with his approach is the hammering during brick tie installation can cause cosmetic drywall texture cracking.

It s time to hang drywall only after the mechanical contractors are done the windows and doors are in place the roof is on and the exterior wall boxing siding and insulation phases are.