Vapour barrier / Discussions

...vapour barrier, several coats of paint, and specifically oil paint can make a suitable vapour barrier. You can even buy vapor barrier paint / vapor retarder pri...

...vapour barrier is wet on one side, that just means it’s doing its job. If you have a crawl space with a vapour barrier and a dehumidifier it should be pretty ...

...vapour movement comes from the fact that usually one product (6-mil polyethylene) is used as both the vapour barrier AND air barrier, but air leakage and vapour...

...barrier. Can you do this for the ceiling as well, thereby taking out that possible weak spot where the vapour barrier joins in with your walls? Vapour barrier p...

...vapour barrier on the inside basement walls. If the walls were removed (including tar paper, insulation, vapour barrier and drywall) would this be the best solu...

...vapour barrier on the outside of a building, so hold that thought. Not having an interior vapour barrier can be rectified, but creating an air barrier after the...

...vapour retarder and two-thirds outside. Would it make sense to put up one layer of insulation before wrapping with vapour barrier, and then two (or three) more ...

...vapour barrier, or let the wall breath (high humidity inside). Location and type of vapour barrier. 3) best rigid insulation type to create a thermal break / ...

...vapour control. Nothing is truly ‘waterproof’, even a 6 mil polyethylene barrier will allow some moisture through. So the term ‘vapour barrier’ is a little misl...

...vapour barrier afterwards/ that would actually be a bit better. There was usually a poly vapour barrier installed after the insulation and stud wall seemingly t...

...barriers - Choosing a weather barrier house wrap, which is best? This page explains air / vapor barriers - The difference between air barriers and vapor barri...

...vapour build up if we have a mix of plaster and lathe in the older parts of the house, with fiberglass and interior vapour barrier in the new parts? Yes you cou...

...vapour barrier, some are not. Some are air barriers, some are not. XPS foam insulation at about 1 inch thick will act as a vapour barrier, EPS foam insulation w...

...Vapour barrier have had mould show up in less than 2 years on his north wall. How can we avoid getting mould? If your neighbour had their walls rot that could b...

...vapour barrier. XPS has a nice R value per inch, but again, if you refer to that page on rigid board insulation above you'll see that it's also a vapour barri...

...vapour barrier and what to do around vents and plumping pipes when installing. There are a couple of ways to insulate the crawl space of an old home, either you...

...vapour barrier first, then the rest of the cavity will be filled with dense pack cellulose insulation, with an intello vapour barrier holding cellulose all in. ...

...vapour barrier, so you wouldn’t need to apply a typical 6 mil polyethylene vapour barrier on the wall after the foam (though in some areas building inspectors m...