a little confused...

lacey · Post by **lacey** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 1:11 am

hi

i thought all mfg homes had osb or some sort of plywood or something under the vinyl exterior or the hardipanel (plank, etc.). but i found out that some of the palm harbors have studs and then the hardipanel stuff is just nailed to the studs...nothing else in between, except the insulation i think.

does that sound right to you guys?

thanks.

jgn · Post by **jgn** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:21 am

If you have vinyl siding they wrap the house with plywood or osb. If you get Hardipanel than that forms the wrap so yes you would have studs than hardipanel.

rmurray · Post by **rmurray** » Sat Jan 24, 2004 7:28 am

OSB (I know of no homes with plywood wrap) is a quality feature that some feel add a lot to the home...All home have some sort of wrap..(hariboard itself would qualify)..many have foam board..some have asphalt inpregnated boards as a wrap..In these cases OSB wrap would be an upgrade option..

Good Luck with your choice..stop back here often with questions..

lacey · Post by **lacey** » Sun Jan 25, 2004 9:59 pm

i will believe it b/c you guys say so. i did not think hardiboard would classify as a wrap...

palm harbor uses smartpanel. i thought that was the least expensive and less reliable product. i thought hardiplank or hardipanel was better.

thank you.

jgn · Post by **jgn** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:38 am

Smart Panel is made by Louisiana-Pacific and is similar to Hardipanel but carries a 30 year warranty where Hardi carries a 50. During the summer PH hadan upgrade option from Smartpanel to Hardipanel for $99.00. Both are good but I would go with Hardi.
About the wrap. Vinyl siding is not very stiff and needs a back board to hold it on plus the wrap gives the home rigidity. Hardi/Smartpanel is a thick rigid board and serves the purpose. As to any manufacturer using plywood vs OSB, Murray must be right on that one.

lacey · Post by **lacey** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:57 am

very informative--thank you.

chase · Post by **chase** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:37 pm

lacey, are you refering to a lap siding or the full sheets of panel? i do know that all the ph i intall all use hardi plank for soffit and fascia and the ph modulars use hardi plank lap siding . this is in the southeast. the homes with tape and texture sheetrock will have osb regardless the vinyl homes can have either osb or foam underlayment , but in any case there will be some sort of membrane between the outside siding and insulation such as the tyvek type wrap , what location are you looking at a ph, all there sales location have actual cutaway displays to show the exact construction of their homes.

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