...vapour barriers, but stop any air and thus condensation. There would be no problem adding a peel-and-stick membrane that covers interior spray foam, and it wou...
...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: "But, if you have no air barrier at all, you really do need one. This requires lifting insulation, laying down a polyethylene vapour barrier ove...
...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 go...
...vapour retarder paint along with an outside air barrier. Can you do this for the ceiling as well, thereby taking out that possible weak spot where the vapour b...
I read a couple of articles regarding vapor barriers and insulation. I live in update NY, our home was constructed in 1952. We are adding a full shed dormer w...
Hello, The air barrier was installed up to the top of the exterior wall. I wonder how to prevent the air from entering between the top plate of the wall and the...
...vapour treatment was different from using poly in the roof...having convincingly demonstrated why the wall vapour barrier system and wall construction was bette...
Does nailing battens on a ceiling or wall to create a service cavity creates significant leaks in a membrane to worry about? Or afterward stapling wires, screw...
...vapour barrier on the interior warm side if I'm using house warp on outside? Will a good sealing primer prevent any moisture from travelling through walls? Than...
...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...
I'm installing basement drain system and the contractor wants to install vents through the concrete floor at the wall junction to drain moisture condensate from...
Be warned; this is a long post! Apologies in advance. I live in the colder climate of western Massachusetts in an 1830s vintage home. We have a 4'6" crawlspac...
We had a water leak in our basement earlier this year and when the contractors started pulling off damaged drywall we were disgusted to find that our basement w...
...vapour barriers as being fundementally awkward, depending on which way heat was infiltrating. Talking to inspectors, I get the same cookie cutter response..."yo...
...vapour barrier so you would need to add one. I think vapour barrier paint or vapour barrier retarder would be a smart next move. we used it on our Edelweiss dem...
...vapour retardant primer. Considering air leakage would using a poly vapour barrier over the insulation and drywall installed over that be a better solution to a...
...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 vapou...
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