Huber Zip System

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Author Message Jerome J. Lazar, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 2000 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Friday, April 19, 2019 - 05:38 pm:    Anyone familiar with this product? nmgiglio (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Friday, April 19, 2019 - 05:42 pm:    Yes - I have used on multi-family and residential. Headquarters are in Charlotte - happy to help if I can. Jerome J. Lazar, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 2004 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Friday, April 19, 2019 - 07:13 pm:    thanks Nina, long time, my client advised they are using this product om wood frame three story apartment buildings in Daytona Bach, 98% of my work is CBS. Any words of advice on specifying this product. J. Peter Jordan Senior Member Username: jpjordan Post Number: 1076 Registered: 05-2004 Posted on Sunday, April 21, 2019 - 11:39 am:    Use in Type V construction. The panel itself is OSB. If you have any reservations about OSB, look very closely before specifying this product. Like other similar gypsum panel products coming into the market, the secret to success is detailing joints and penetrations and keeping the installers from overdriving fasteners which can compromise the membrane. All of that being said, we have seen this around in the Houston area and have specified it on one or two projects with some success. J. Peter Jordan, FCSI, AIA, CCS, LEED AP, SCIP Jeffrey Wilson CSI CCS SCIP Senior Member Username: wilsonconsulting Post Number: 280 Registered: 03-2006 Posted on Monday, April 22, 2019 - 09:24 am:    My clients have selected this system so frequently that I created office masters. Jerome, I will send those in case you can use them. Jeffrey Wilson CCS CSI SCIP Wilson Consulting Inc Ardmore PA Jerome J. Lazar, CCS, CSI Senior Member Username: lazarcitec Post Number: 2005 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Monday, April 22, 2019 - 09:34 am:    Thanks Jeffrey, that would be great. I did some research on the Huber Zip System this past weekend, it was patented back in 2006, its amazing I have never specified it. I also learned that LP Products came out this year with their own version, named the Weatherlogic Air and Water Barrier System, of course Huber immediately filed a patent infringement suit against LP. Phil Kabza Senior Member Username: phil_kabza Post Number: 624 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 03:17 pm:    What J. Peter said. I would use Zip Sheathing in a lot of climate areas IF I had confidence in the field quality control. But I would not recommend this system in a high wind design location such as Daytona Beach. You will get water infiltration the next time a tropical storm or hurricane goes by unless you have perfectly installed product; see LinkedIn posts by M. Steven Doggett. I would instead recommend a conventional sheathing with a fluid-applied air/moisture barrier. And mold and moisture resistant gyp bd on the exterior walls.