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hi I'm Tim Carter from master
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builder.com and I want to talk a little
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bit about tar paper and how it's a
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really great weather barrier look at
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this so here you can see we're starting
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to install some uh tar paper on the
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outside of a new structure and tiar
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paper has been used for oh gosh well
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over a 100 years as a highly effective
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weather barrier uh it tar paper is
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you know it works really really well
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under any type of siding and brick no
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matter what it is in other words if you
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want to keep the OSB the plywood all of
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your wood framing dry you know from wind
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driven rain or water that gets behind
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any type of uh siding or any type of
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exterior finish go ahead and install tar
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tar paper it's uh affordable it's
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effective it's time tested and it works
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and it's easy to install doesn't uh
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doesn't uh it's not rocket
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science I can tell you that on jobs that
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I have remodeled where uh we're working
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on an older home I've taken apart a
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house that has tar paper that's maybe 80
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90 100 years old it may be brittle but
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you know what it still was water
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repellent you could put some water on it
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and the water beat it up and of course
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the wood that was beneath the tar paper
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was as dry as the day that house was
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built you know back in the early 1900s
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so uh tar paper really works there are
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some other fancy newer weather barriers
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out there I understand that uh you know
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but you know I realize that tar paper is
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not the bell of the ball anymore but but
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don't overlook her if she's sitting
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there on a chair uh go over and ask her
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for a dance you'll not be disappointed
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I'm Tim Carter for askthebuilder.com I
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