Tyvek

Tyvek is a great product and I use it on all my wood frame constructions.  It's basically a spun polyethylene  paper which is normally applied over the sheathing of a structure but under the final finishing such as siding.  It provides a moisture barrier as well as improving insulation by reducing drafts.  I had a 15 year old roll of the stuff sitting around which I decided to use up on this little shed project.  I got three sides of the structure done but did not have enough to do the fourth wall.  I bought a new roll at a local building materials supplier.  I find it interesting to note that in the years between my purchasing of the old roll and the new roll, the Dupont company thought it necessary to change the labeling on the product from "Tyvek Housewrap" to Tyvek Homewrap" as you can see in the picture below.  I think this is a brilliant move on the part of Dupont.  I am much more likely to buy a construction material with the word "home" in it rather  than the word "house".  Indeed, like most Americans, when I hear the word "house", I can only think of stark structures with lonely, cold rooms haunted by the disembodied spirits of deceased child molesters whereas the word "home" brings to mind bucolic fantasies of fresh baked desserts and puppy dogs.  Of course the real estate industry discovered this many years ago.  It has been decades since anyone has bought a house in America but a large number of homes certainly have been purchased.  This has even extended into the rental side of things in that now one doesn't rent a mere apartment, but rather an"apartment home".  As a nation we have to continue this semantic crusade of felicitousness.  Consider how much better we all would feel about the government if our congressmen were to meet in the "Home of Representatives" or if the president were to inhabit the "White Home".  This concept could even be extended to entomology.  Why, you surely would hardly be bothered at all if the insect buzzing around your head while you sit in your family room watching the ball game was commonly known as a "homefly".

The Shed Enclosed

I continued working on the shed exclusively since Thanksgiving hoping to get it water (and snow) tight as soon as possible.  

It still needs finish work such as siding but with the roof on, the tyvek applied, and the door installed it can be used for storage.

This is probably the last time this space will be this empty.