...barrier and air barrier. It’s a great concept, but you are not alone in your skepticism. Before you give it a yay or nay, here are a couple of pages that will h...
...vapor 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 contr...
...vapor barrier. I have to install studs to the interior of the block for seismic resistance and attach the studs to the block. The block walls will basically be...
...barrier as an air barrier. Keep in mind that poly vapor barriers in homes with air condition are a problem in some locations, what climate zone or city are you...
Old house; basement is only 21% of total under house footage. 79% is crawl space. Basement Never painted. Walls go up 4 ft to a 2ft wide ledge and then the old ...
...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 deteri...
...vapor barrier also be the air barrier? There is a difference between the two, read more here first – The difference between air barriers and vapor barriers If...
...barrier and drywall. Everything I've researched including articles on this site suggest this is the wrong approach. I plan to glue 2" rigid to foundation wall, ...
...vapor barrier on the house side (not pointed downward toward the basement). I want to had additional insulation, especially over the unheated garage. Is wool in...
...vapor barrier or a sufficient amount of EPS foam insulation would prevent moisture from migrigrating up from the ground where it can cause mold. A couple of que...
...vapor barrier behind our drywall but doubt it - this is an older wood framed bungalow. In addition, i dont expect our interior drywall forms a very great air ba...
...barrier sounds fine but isn’t even really necessary since you are protecting the stud wall and insulation from the block wall with a vapour barrier. That’s the ...
...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 ...
...vapor barriers was originally to prevent moisture accumulation and damage in walls, which it does above grade, but below grade a vapor barrier CAUSES moisture a...
...vapor barrier that satisfies building inspectors (as it looks the same as any poly vapour barrier) but it will also let moisture escape. It’s called certainteed...
...vapor barrier, but that should only be installed in a cold climate, so I’m assuming you’re a bit to the north. Foil will reflect some heat, but not usually enou...
...vapor barrier. I have no french drain or any drain sytem. I believe Im right when saying that that space between the block and barrier has to breath for the moi...
...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 migrati...
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