How long does it take for OSB sheathing and wall framing to dry?

[Tommy2000GT]

We had a decent amount of rain yesterday and the OSB sheathing got wet. Some of the wall framing also got wet because the wind blew the water inside through the wall and door openings.

The new windows and doors just came and the contractor wants to install them. I told him I wanted to wait 4 or 5 days for everything to dry but he says 1 day should be ok.

How long should it reasonably take to dry before they start nailing?

 

[DrPizza]

1 day should be fine.

No house wrap on the house yet??

 

[Tommy2000GT]

1 day should be fine.

No house wrap on the house yet??

Only on certain areas that have new siding put up. Most of the house has OSB sheathing left uncovered for almost a month waiting for windows & doors.

They were going to install the siding on the entire house before the windows, doors, and trim but I made the contractor stop because that method would give it strange look.

 

[Greenman]

It doesn't need to dry out at all before setting the windows.
Getting the place enclosed is your number one goal at this point. Until the windows are in and the exterior is wrapped, you're off your critical path. Wrap it up, get back on track, any trapped moisture will bake out of the framing over the next week or so.

Your contractor is using tyvek, he could have wrapped the exterior and covered over the window openings, then cut the tyvek at the head and used Vicore to make the seal when they were installed. The information is on the tyvek site and is the recommended installation method.

 

[Greenman]

Only on certain areas that have new siding put up. Most of the house has OSB sheathing left uncovered for almost a month waiting for windows & doors.

They were going to install the siding on the entire house before the windows, doors, and trim but I made the contractor stop because that method would give it strange look.

Can you post some pics of the window installation? I'm curious to see how they're going to install windows and flashing in a completed wall.

 

[Tommy2000GT]

It doesn't need to dry out at all before setting the windows.
Getting the place enclosed is your number one goal at this point. Until the windows are in and the exterior is wrapped, you're off your critical path. Wrap it up, get back on track, any trapped moisture will bake out of the framing over the next week or so.

Your contractor is using tyvek, he could have wrapped the exterior and covered over the window openings, then cut the tyvek at the head and used Vicore to make the seal when they were installed. The information is on the tyvek site and is the recommended installation method.

Can you post some pics of the window installation? I'm curious to see how they're going to install windows and flashing in a completed wall.

I told him to start installing the windows & doors tomorrow. There are 8 windows and 2 doors to install. I pushing him to install everything before it rains again on Sun/Mon. I going to push him on installing Tyvek on entire house too.

I will take pics and let you know how it turns out.