How can a half-built house be left in the weather with no issues? I’m talking about a wood frame with plastic in the rain type of thing.
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(In southern Ontario) a framed house is fine for a while in the rain for a few reasons.
1) That plastic wrap shit, usually Tyvek, is hydrophobic
2) we try to get shingles on quickly to minimize how wet it gets, especially the horizontal surfaces because puddles can form and that’s the real issue.
3) wood only warps when wet if you make it. If it’s laying perfectly flat, it will dry flat. To a certain extent, the framing of the house is fixed in place, there isn’t any major warping that can really happen. Plus, it shouldn’t be sitting exposed for too long in the first place.
4) going back to #2 for a moment, puddles are an issue because they are constant. That wood is soaking indefinately that’s when it starts degrading the wood, mould, etc. Wood getting wet and drying isn’t a huge deal aside from the threat of warping.
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