...Vapor Barrier to be necessary? Thank-you Michael Vapor barriers can be a problem with homes that are air conditioned, because it reverses the vapor drive. When ...
...vapor retarder primer (vapor barrier paint) in our Edelweiss LEED Platinum Demo House instead of a 6 mil poly vapor barrier , it was for the walls not the floor...
...vapor retarder or vapor barrier on the warm side of the insulation, meaning you need to install it at the top of the joist cavity before the insulation. There c...
...vapor barrier? Water is acculating on the dirt side of the vapor barrier.
If I crawlspace has water droplets forming under the poly vapor barrier (on the dirt...
Posted by Paul RacioppoFeb. 7, 2020, 3:49 p.m.Crawl spaces3 Responses
This house is located in SC and is built with 8" block walls. What is the best way to insulate and apply vapor barrier. I have to install studs to the interior...
...vapor to be trapped between the outside vinyl /foam board and poly barrier. The foil faced foam board is not completly tight against the underlying shingles and...
...vapor barrier using 6 Mil plastic and hold the new walls a few inches off of the block. I am worried about the moisture that makes it past the Drylok and it sto...
...vapor barrier and then drywall. So the vapor barrier seems to be on the wrong side to allow drying.
I had one corner where baseboard was showing signs of dete...
...vapor barrier in your comment above, I would use NO vapor barrier, or at the least choose one that lets moisture escape such as Certainteed breathable vapor bar...
...vapor barrier down before or after the EPS foam insulation and as there's a chance of radon what specification of vapor barrier do I need, plus can this do the ...
...vapor’ barrier depending on your country) since there is little to no change to the R Value from drywall to wood. And further to that, wood can act as an air an...
...vapor barrier that is compromised, though it may well be the same product so that is kind of splitting hairs. This page explains it clearly -
The difference b...
...vapor barrier , strapping and drywall. And to be clear, you absolutely need a vapor control layer of some kind on the warm side of the insulation to be complian...
...vapor barrier needs to be installed on the warm side of the insulation . Putting a vapor barrier on the cold side of insulation means that warm humid air migrat...
...vapor barrier. I am concern that taping it outside might cause the vapor sandwich which I want to avoid. I am not sure what you have done for 2015 model home fo...
Posted by Piyush PrinceNov. 7, 2018, 12:10 a.m.Windows and doors1 Responses
...vapor barrier
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...
...vapor retarder prime / vapor barrier paint on the Edelweiss House rather than a standard 6 mil polyethylene vapour barrier partly because we already had an Air ...
...vapor barriers 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 ...
