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Fordguy64 · 06-19-17, 08:57 AM

So the house I just bought has a barn that's 24x30. It's stick framing on 24" centers I believe. According to the county records it was built in 1975. All in all it's very solid still. But it does need some love. I don't have and good pictures of it yet. The siding is virtical woh small gaps between most of them. The inside has plywood boards put up on various areas with no insulation.

I think it will have to be gutted do to the barn not having any sheathing or vapor barrier under the siding. From what I have read online I need to create an air gap behind the siding to allow it to breath and dry out after it gets wet. Most suggest to put a half inch strip of wood on either side of the studs to put rigid insulation over that so it has a half inch gap. Makes sense to me. Is this the best option?

06-19-17, 08:57 AM	#1
Fordguy64 Journeyman EcoRenovator Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Cincinnati ohio Posts: 338 Thanks: 40 Thanked 35 Times in 31 Posts	Barn rebuild... So the house I just bought has a barn that's 24x30. It's stick framing on 24" centers I believe. According to the county records it was built in 1975. All in all it's very solid still. But it does need some love. I don't have and good pictures of it yet. The siding is virtical woh small gaps between most of them. The inside has plywood boards put up on various areas with no insulation. I think it will have to be gutted do to the barn not having any sheathing or vapor barrier under the siding. From what I have read online I need to create an air gap behind the siding to allow it to breath and dry out after it gets wet. Most suggest to put a half inch strip of wood on either side of the studs to put rigid insulation over that so it has a half inch gap. Makes sense to me. Is this the best option?