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Hi! I am purchasing a home and the home insurance inspector is coming soon. The home is currently owned by a relative so I can work on it before closing. The most important thing for us to fix is probably this patch with no siding. We have the shingles. I’m wondering what the best way is to install home wrap under them. I see there is some paper under there currently. Would an exterior painter be the right person to do this professionally? Is it something my boyfriend can do up on a ladder with a spotter? He’s pretty handy. Also, I have the book renovating old houses by George Nash and he warns against using either builders paper or tar paper. I’m attaching a picture of the quote. I’m new to all this and I don’t know if the paper he’s talking about is the same as the paper that’s up there. Not sure how to join a new wrap with whatever’s already there to create good protection. Thanks for any advice. We are in Connecticut near the water in case that affects what barrier is appropriate. (My picture of the siding isn’t loading properly. I will be at the house soon and I can take a picture straight from my camera. It looks like black paper but it doesn’t cover the entire wood surface underneath. Basically the shingles are missing on the whole third floor of one side.)
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Rosin paper hasn't been used under siding for decades. I've never even seen it here in the East, but have heard of it being used in western states. You won't go wrong with tarpaper or any of the synthetic housewraps. Just make sure the paper above laps the paper below by about 3 inches, and that side laps are about 6 inches.