BillS
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I'm designing a home in Climate Zone 5, IRC2009. The options for wood-framed walls are R-20 or R-13 cavity+R-5 insulated sheathing. I don't fully understand what footnote h is saying...
I take it to read that, if the structural sheathing (e.g. plywood) covers <25% of the walls, then insulating sheathing is not required... so it'd be just R-13; if the structural sheathing covers >25% of the walls, then the insulated sheathing only needs to be R-2.
If this is the case, why is it called 13+5 and not 13+2? If it's not, what am I reading incorrectly?
Thanks
Bill
I take it to read that, if the structural sheathing (e.g. plywood) covers <25% of the walls, then insulating sheathing is not required... so it'd be just R-13; if the structural sheathing covers >25% of the walls, then the insulated sheathing only needs to be R-2.
If this is the case, why is it called 13+5 and not 13+2? If it's not, what am I reading incorrectly?
Thanks
Bill