Hello everyone!
I am going to install some type of wind barrier in a section that's going to become a workshop in the barn. I have used Bison wind barrier for the house, building with an air gap between the wind barrier and the outer panel. My question is whether it is technically correct to place Bison wind barrier directly behind the outer panel (without an air gap), or if there is any other wind barrier material approved for such mounting?
The reason for the question is that I am going to put wind paper on only 3.6 m of the barn's total 18 m length, so it would be nice to avoid building to match the air gap thickness on the remaining 14.4 meters.
Regards
I am going to install some type of wind barrier in a section that's going to become a workshop in the barn. I have used Bison wind barrier for the house, building with an air gap between the wind barrier and the outer panel. My question is whether it is technically correct to place Bison wind barrier directly behind the outer panel (without an air gap), or if there is any other wind barrier material approved for such mounting?
The reason for the question is that I am going to put wind paper on only 3.6 m of the barn's total 18 m length, so it would be nice to avoid building to match the air gap thickness on the remaining 14.4 meters.
Regards
It's probably not the weather protection that needs to be approved for such a mounting, but the panel. And wood is a living material that absorbs and releases moisture, swells and dries. Add an air gap as you should, and you'll avoid future problems.
It's a small area and you probably won't claim it as an insurance case if, after 15-20 years, it turns out that the panel has become bad. There are many older houses without a ventilation gap that are without problems. But if you're going to follow all recommendations, there should be a ventilation gap, but sometimes you have to be pragmatic and go for a solution that in most cases works but isn't completely 100%.
Then it depends a bit on the choice of paint, but someone else will have to explain how it can differ between, for example, a slamfärg versus acrylic if there isn't a ventilation gap.
Then it depends a bit on the choice of paint, but someone else will have to explain how it can differ between, for example, a slamfärg versus acrylic if there isn't a ventilation gap.
Our house was built in 1929 and the part that hasn't been extended still has the original paneling (I think), with no air gap, just paneling, paper, and 2" plank frame. There's nothing wrong with that paneling yet.