...vapourbarrier will keep the moisture down.
For the addition that is on concrete piers, if that means air (and wildlife) are free to travel underneath it, the...
Posted by sal BellicosoOct. 30, 2019, 4:56 p.m.Crawl spaces1 Responses
...vapourbarriers are part of code but where cooling loads are also fairly significant.
One of the best things about smart membranes is that they 'look' like ty...
...vapourbarrier. This wouldn’t be my recommendation if you were looking for a fully winterized cottage that would act as a full-time home, in that case we would ...
...barrier and or a vapourbarrier. But yes, you could finish it with wood afterwards, and here is a link to a page that may help for choosing a wood type, it is a...
...barrier), whether it's poured concrete or block foundation etc.. whatever you can tell us.
And yes, putting drains through the ground could contribute to high...
...vapourbarrier, finishing materials, how it is assembled, etc. If your basement currently has no finished flooring, an interior water-proofing solution is much ...
...barrier vs vapor barrier concepts. My house is above a dirt crawl space. And we have a very high water table at 18 inches!!! It is definately a part of my stack...
...vapourbarrier.
We always choose (and recommend) EPS over XPS due to the fact that XPS has much higher green house gas emissions than EPS . So if you are look...
...barrier and vapour control layer. If you do go for modelling then that company or person should be well-versed in building science.
Here are a few links that ...
...barrier .
So the short story is, despite that fact that so many builders keep putting vapourbarriers on the interiors of basement walls, it is the worst thin...
I have a customer with frost problems whose home shows every stud from the outside on a winter day. Would you say their spray foam insulation has failed? It's ...
...barrier & ½” gypsum drywall, sealed with drywall sealer and painted with vapor barrier paint.
What problems do you see with this detail? Thank you Polyiso rig...
...barrier, and enable you to create a crawlspace radon barrier as well.
Insulating the joists is a fine idea, but I would be super careful about keeping the moi...
Posted by Randy ChristensenDec. 10, 2019, 12:17 p.m.Crawl spaces1 Responses
...barrier. The scariest part is that our house was only built in 2007!
Now we've managed to strip all this smelly mess out, we tried to get quotes off contracto...
We are planning a build for June 2020 in Prince Edward County, Ontario where there is 1 ft of topsoil, 2 ft of clay and then bedrock. Structure planned is a bu...
Posted by Steve SykesAug. 18, 2019, 3:21 p.m.Slab on Grade1 Responses
My bungalow is around Toronto, and is a little over 100 years old with block walls in the basement. we recently learned our basement wasnt insulated properly, ...
