STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Q. I'm building a room addition, and as I was doing the demolition of my outside wall I discovered tar paper was in the wall. I thought tar paper was just used on roofs. Why did ...

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Q: I’m building a room addition, and as I was doing the demolition of my outside wall I discovered tar paper was in the wall. I thought tar paper was just used on roofs. Why did they use tar paper in ...

Q: I'm building a room addition. As I was doing the demolition of my outside wall, I discovered tar paper in the wall. I thought tar paper was used just on roofs. Why did they use it in the wall?

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DEAR TIM: I’m building a room addition, and as I was doing the demolition of my outside wall I discovered tar paper was in the wall. I thought tar paper was just used on roofs. Why did they use tar ...