Can a residential addition pass inspection with gaps in poplar siding?

[Bruh44]

I had an addition put on my house. I’m having some major issues with the contractor.
One of the many is, the house is sided with poplar board. It looks great but when you look close in some places, you can see through to the vapor barrier. Under that in many places is foam board.
To me that means I’m going to have rodents getting in the house easily. My contractor told me this siding would be low maintenance.
That is not low maintenance to me and makes it look cheap. Will the siding pass inspection with these spaces?
I’ve searched the code best I can and not found anything. But there’s a lot of information and I may have overlooked it.

 

[Bruh44]

…Probably should have started out with, Hi all, I’m new here. This is my first post..

 

[ICE]

Can you provide some pictures? To answer your question, I would not approve the inspection if there are gaps where water can get past the cladding.

I have quoted California Residential Code, your's may be different.

R703.1 General. Exterior walls shall provide the building with a weather-resistant exterior wall envelope.

R703.5.3 Horizontal wood siding. Horizontal lap siding shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations. Where there are no recommendations the siding shall be lapped not less than 1 inch, or1/2 inch if rabbeted, and shall have the ends caulked, covered with a batten or sealed and installed over a strip of flashing.

 

[Energystar]

You say you can see through to the "vapor barrier". This is not a vapor barrier. It's called a Water Resistive Barrier (WRB) and it is made to be vapor open. It is the main component that protects the wall from moisture while allowing drying to the exterior. The cladding or siding is there to shed water but mainly to protect the WRB. Most WRB materials like Tyvek are highly sensitive to UV (sunlight). If you can see it. . .

 

[Yankee Chronicler]

The NC residential code is based on the 2018 IRC, and the section Ice quoted is the same:

R703.5.3 Horizontal Wood Siding​

Horizontal lap siding shall be installed in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations. Where there are no recommendations the siding shall be lapped not less than 1 inch (25 mm), or 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) if rabbeted, and shall have the ends caulked, covered with a batten or sealed and installed over a strip of flashing.

You should not be able to see the Tyvek through the butt joints in the siding. As the code says, all such gaps have to be caulked, or they should be backed with a strip of flashing that overlaps the siding board below the gap, to shed water.

 

[Bruh44]

Sorry no, you can see through the cracks and gaps in the wood TO the vapor barrier. Sorry about that, typo. There’s several places you can clearly see the vapor barrier under the wood siding.
I don’t have a photo server to post pictures.