advice
Hey there all. throw away account for my identity. I recently got the siding on my house replaced on only one side of the house. an independent contractor from our HOA completed this. I was told that the siding only needed to be replaced on one side of the house and painting all exterior of the house.. I am female live alone and do not know much about this so that is why I am reaching out. my contractor replaced the siding with hardie siding panels in February. he put the planks on the house and we had a few snow storms and he didnt come back over til about a month after asking for an update on when he will be finishing. he started painting the house when he returned. he did not seem to go to that side of the siding before he started to paint. so unsure if there are steps missed and I also did not observe this moisture wrap (i hear that's important) at all when he was putting the panels up. have been having more moisture in my bathroom walls that are on the same side where he replaced the siding. it has also been a drought here too. there are a lot of visible dark spaces in between the panels and when my father asked him what moisture barrier he used he said he caulk it. now reading about hardie panels it isnt recommended to use this and should have used butt joints behind the panels or something?? can someone look at these pics and see if this guy screwed up? thank you for your time.