self-adhesive-wrb or taped-plywood-w-regular-wrb?
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value-engineering related, assuming high-quality materials for example:
(1) pro-clima-adhero
vs
(2) pro-clima-solitex-mento + tescon-vana
self-adhesive are like 3x price of non-adhesive, but when u factor in stapling and taping material/labor, can any practitioners comment on where it lands in the end with respect to final cost and result?
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Full self adhered is harder to install plus lot of subs are not familiar with it. Getting a good install also requires some experience and you don't want the crew to learn on your house.
Taping seams does add a bit of labor but it is pretty quick for a typical wall. Just make sure you get a quality tape and they are rolled.
The one benefit of a mechanically attached WRB is you can also put it over exterior insulation. Assuming outie windows, this makes the WRB install and all flashing details pretty simple as everything is in a single plane.