Who is responsible – framer or siding installer?
I am having a house built and it has beams penetrating the sheathing on the house which are the frames for the porches. The framer did not seal around these beams when he cut holes in the sheathing and put them in. The framer did set the doors and windows and seal around them and he also put the Tyvek house wrap on the house, but not at many of the beams. The siding company installed the siding over the unsealed beams without letting me know they needed to be sealed first before covered with siding. Now water gets into the house when it rains. The siding installer says it’s not his problem. The framer has agreed to seal all of the holes, but the siding company is going to charge me “thousands and thousands of dollars” to take the siding off so that they can be sealed, and then reinstall it. Please help.
