The Underlayments we use

At Beantown Home Improvements, we use only the best materials to protect your home — including Typar and Grace Vycor enV-S underlayments beneath our siding installations. In fact, we were the first residential company to bring these premium products to the market, setting a higher standard for durability and performance. It’s so good, it took only a few years before our competitors started following our lead.

Let our Siding Specialists help you choose the best installation package for your home and your budget. With a variety of siding services, colors, and materials to offer, Beantown Siding, a division of Beantown Home Improvements, Inc. can walk you through the whole process, save for choosing a favorite! Schedule your estimate today and witness what siding can do for your home.

Typar is a brand of building wraps known for their moisture management, air infiltration barrier, and durability. They offer superior tear strength, surfactant resistance, and UV protection. Typar also promotes energy efficiency and safeguards healthy indoor spaces.

The biggest issue here is that to install it correctly you have to use proper stapling techniques to seal all of the staple penetrations and then tape all of the seams. Virtually no contractor installs this properly in an effort to save time. Seams are not taped and a simple staple gun is used to tack the Typar in place leaving you with all sorts of holes in your barrier.

Leave the old Typar behind. This next generation vapor permeable air barrier picks up where traditional polymeric wraps leave off.

Ideal for wood frame construction, Grace Vycor is a Commercial grade, fully adhered, peel-n-stick system that eliminates air leakage while functioning as a water-resistant barrier and rain barrier.

• Increases building longevity by providing the best moisture and water protection than traditional Typar.
• Enhances occupant comfort by eliminating drafts
• Improves thermal performance for reduced energy costs
• Improves air quality by helping to reduce mold proliferation

Beantown Home Improvements, Inc. can help you install Typar or Grace Vycor premium underlayments to improve your home’s longevity and impenetrability to moisture. Depending on the application, we can help you figure out which brand would work best for your residential or commercial siding project. When it comes to siding, many contractors will cut corners to save time, ultimately resulting in improperly installed underlayment. At Beantown Home Improvements, Inc., we take the time to do it right so that your home is truly protected for years to come.

In a space thinner than a pancake, you can dramatically improve a home’s energy efficiency. Using the same reflective technology that protects NASA astronauts from the sun’s searing heat, Low-E Housewrap blocks 97% of radiant heat transfer through the walls!

• Proudly made in the USA
• Unlike the typical highly flammable Fan-Fold or Styrofoam insulation used by most contractors, Low-E Housewrap is fire rated
• Adds R-Value To Wall System
• Increases Energy Savings
• For Use Behind Most Any Exterior Cladding
• Installs Like Any Traditional House Wrap
• Helps meet various IECC building codes
• Blocks 97% Of Radiant Heat & Provides A Thermal Break
• Environmentally safe

Since 2014, Beantown Home Improvements has proudly used Low-E Housewrap as a superior alternative to traditional fan-fold or Styrofoam-backed vinyl siding. This decision was driven not only by performance, but by safety and environmental responsibility—unlike other insulations, Low-E is not highly flammable and is far more eco-friendly. Its insulative, reflective barrier wraps the home in year-round energy efficiency, and when paired with a premium moisture barrier like CertainTeed Vycor enV-S, it delivers unmatched protection, comfort, and long-term savings for homeowners.