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Installing a smart vapor barrier on a prefab wall under construction.
Air and vapour barriers

The Complete Guide to Smart Vapor Barriers and Vapor Open Membranes to Help Keep Walls Dry

...basement walls You may have read in other articles here about why you should never put a vapor barrier on the interior of basement walls, and it is for one simple reason - they can't dry to the outside. So all a vapor barrier does in that case is keep moisture where you don't want it. Builders and building code authori...