House with black fiber board residing. Good things or practices?
jack_harder
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Jack,
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Is the fiberboard in good condition? Are you in a high-wind or seismically active area?
At minimum, I would take the opportunity to make the sheathing layer airtight by adding a high-quality WRB (aka housewrap) that is carefully detailed for air control. It's been 30 years since I last installed black fiberboard and I'm not sure what would stick to it, so simply taping the seams may or may not work.