...VaporBarrier to be necessary? Thank-you Michael Vaporbarriers can be a problem with homes that are air conditioned, because it reverses the vapor drive. When ...
...vaporbarrier also be the air barrier? There is a difference between the two, read more here first –
The difference between air barriers and vaporbarriers
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...vaporbarrier? Water is acculating on the dirt side of the vaporbarrier.
If I crawlspace has water droplets forming under the poly vaporbarrier (on the dirt...
Posted by Paul RacioppoFeb. 7, 2020, 3:49 p.m.Crawl spaces3 Responses
...barrier over the cellulose on the inside under the drywall, will I then cause vapor to be trapped between the outside vinyl /foam board and poly barrier. The fo...
...vaporbarrier. I have to install studs to the interior of the block for seismic resistance and attach the studs to the block. The block walls will basically bec...
...vaporbarrier. I have no french drain or any drain sytem. I believe Im right when saying that that space between the block and barrier has to breath for the moi...
...vaporbarrier and then drywall. So the vaporbarrier seems to be on the wrong side to allow drying.
I had one corner where baseboard was showing signs of dete...
...vaporbarrier in your comment above, I would use NO vaporbarrier, or at the least choose one that lets moisture escape such as Certainteed breathable vapor bar...
...vaporbarrier down before or after the EPS foam insulation and as there's a chance of radon what specification of vaporbarrier do I need, plus can this do the ...
...barrier and not the vaporbarrier that is compromised, though it may well be the same product so that is kind of splitting hairs. This page explains it clearly ...
...barrier is okay? How do I convince the building inspectors? I can see how it doesn’t exactly look like a vaporbarrier in the diagram as it is black, but it is ...
...vaporbarrier needs to be installed on the warm side of the insulation . Putting a vaporbarrier on the cold side of insulation means that warm humid air migrat...
...vapor retarder primer (vaporbarrier paint) in our Edelweiss LEED Platinum Demo House instead of a 6 mil poly vaporbarrier , it was for the walls not the floor...
...vaporbarrier
If you aren’t planning to add air conditioning it may be a lot of effort to mitigate a very minimal risk, so the big question really is about wh...
...vaporbarriers on basement walls always cause problems. The source of moisture isn’t the air in the basement, it’s the ground and the wet concrete. So the only ...
...barrier joins in with your walls? Vapour barrier paint (or Vaporbarrier paint in the U.S. ) is more of a solution for walls rather than ceilings to prevent the...
...barrier as an air barrier. Keep in mind that poly vaporbarriers in homes with air condition are a problem in some locations, what climate zone or city are you ...
...barrier but not a vaporbarrier, would the moisture only travel one way?
I have read one option is to a/c the attic space, another is to install the 'peel and...