Seam Tape

For a 32' x 16 house with 4'x8' Sheathing

• 2.5 sheets high
• Perimeter of 100' - 26 seams x20' = 520 feet of vertical seam, 200' of horizontal seam for 720' of total seam
• Add interior of another 720' = 1440' of seam

About

Acrylic or butyl (rubber) adhesive does not end up drying or cracking. Acrylic has peak performance, then butyl [1]. Asphalt is for poor people.

• $12, 167' [2]
• $11, 164' [3]
• $12.50, Kimberly Clark [4]
• 3M™ Grid Air Sealing Tape 8068-NL, 4 in x 75 ft, 8 rolls per case - [5]

By Lifetime

Acrylic

• 6 cent uncut log 6.8 mil aluminized scrim. Duct sealing standard. [6]
• 3M 8067 -LEED standard, 10 mil, 25 cent - 4x as expensive for 1.4x the performance of the above [7]
• Polyken - 20 cents, 3", 6 mil [8]
• 10 cent 5.5 mil but 50F application temp? [9]
• Aluminum 10 cents per 2" 3.6 mil [10]
• Air Sealing Tape 8068. 10 mil - 25 cents - [11]
• Acrylic box sealing tape 2" x 900' for $30. 3 mil. [12]
• Gorilla repair 30c [13]
• Red tape menards - 7 cents but only 2.7 mil thick [14]
• 13 cent 5.5 mil [15]

"Permanent"

• Permanent gorilla tape all weather - butyl adhesive [16]

10 Year

• 9" [17]

15 Year

• Mentions 15 year in one part, 10 year in another, 6" butyl [18]
• Rubberized asphalt, self-sealing, 9", $37 [19]

Pipe Protection

• 10 mil (20 mil also exists) [20]. What adhesive does Pasco tape use?

Window Tape

• 3.75" - Rollzip - adhesive? 90' for $22 [21]
• 9" fortiflash, 75' - $48 [22]

Foam Joint Tape

• It stretches. $22. [23]

Aluminum

• 4" 180' $47 [24]

Butyl

• Butyl rubber, $24 for 75' 4" wide. Applicable to 30F. [25]
• Deck butyl tape - $30 for 100' - [26]
• 6" butyl Typar 30F [27]
• Gorilla 6 pack 450' 40F application butyl adhesive [28]

Duct Tape

• $20 for 180' - [29]
• Duck tape - $5 [30]
• Shurtape $3.5 [31]
• Gorilla tape $17 150' [32]
• T-Rex [33]

• T-rex vs gorilla vs duck - duck wins car pull. T-rex wins overall. [34]

Specialty

• Acrylic adhesive tape $35 for 100' [35]