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   cargin | Feb 27, 2009 03:13pm | #1

   bk24

   I have always used Tyvek tape.

   Maybe this will bump the thread for you.

   Rich

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   cliffy | Feb 28, 2009 07:48am | #2

   I use Tuck tape, the red roll. 

   have a good day

   Cliffy

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   IMERC | Feb 28, 2009 08:48am | #3

   tyvek tape...

    

   Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

   WOW!!! What a Ride!

   
   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

    

   "Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"

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   mccarty12 | Feb 28, 2009 06:22pm | #4

   If possible I try to use the tape that is prescribed for the product. If you are using Dow use the Dow tape. Otherwise lumberyards have a generic tape.

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   CaptainMayhem | Feb 28, 2009 09:14pm | #5

   red tape is what we use, of course, depending on the situation..will it eventually be below grade? sided over? if it's below grade, use Bituthane over the entirety, behind siding, just get it to stay on the wall until the siding goes up.

   All I ever wanted in life was an unfair advantage...

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   mguizzo | Mar 03, 2009 07:08am | #6

   I used tuck tape as well, the red stuff.  i have had the blue XPS with the joints taped on the outside of my house over the whole winter and it has held through all the wind, rain, wind, snow and wind. 

   What we gain in grip, we lose in touch.  R. Kipling

    

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   bk24 | Mar 03, 2009 04:58pm | #7

   Thanks for your responses guys.  I'm not sure I'm familiar with what you guys are calling tuck tape.  What brand is it and which retailers carry it?

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   MHolladay | Mar 03, 2009 10:06pm | #8

   I think "tuck tape" is what Canadians call contractors' tape.

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   mguizzo | Mar 04, 2009 07:11am | #9

   canadians call it "tuck tape" too.  It is the name that is printed every few inches right on the roll.  the stuff I buy is red and is made in Canada by  Canadian Technical Tape Ltd.  in Montreal.

   It is also called sheathing tape.  One of the names is probably a general name and the other is a brand name.  Not sure which is which - and it doesn't matter as long as we know what we're talking about.

    

    What we gain in grip, we lose in touch.  R. Kipling