Polyethylene vapour barriers / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...polyethylene vapor barriers in wall assemblies in all but the coldest of climates, or at least change their location within the wall assembly to avoid the possibility of interstitial condensation damaging wall structures.  Moisture-impenetrable vapor barriers work great in winter and, before air conditioning and heavil...

...barriers on basement insulation will rot your walls" We put vapour barriers in basement wall assemblies to keep moisture from getting into them, as if they didn't already contain thousands of litres of water. Polyethylene won't keep foundations dry, they are already soaking wet. All it will do is prevent the thousands ...

...vapour barriers in below grade wall assemblies are commonplace, frustrated building scientists insist that installing them is the worst thing you could possibly do down there. Basement renovations demonstrating mold growth in internal stud wall - Image © Ecohome Above is a photo of a basement being repaired after flo...