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2011年4月24日 · Great stuff foam is an air barrier but has never been tested for vapor barrier (directly from dow). Tape all joints with tyvek tape. For joists, spray foam all openings to the outside world, 2 inch 15PSI xps (can use polyiso), spray foam all edges.
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2012年1月4日 · The builder had some husky white 6 mil vapor barrier covering the dirt per code requirements, but it's just sloppily laid in there pushed up against the walls ect. I was going to seal all the seams with waterproof seam tape but the stuff is …
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2023年4月24日 · Most videos and pictures I see have the vapor barrier on top, but I wonder if this is mainly for aesthetic reasons since the insulation, tape, and foam doesn't look as neat. The foam board (pink Foamular stuff) is unfaced and rated for ground contact.
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2008年10月8日 · Make sure you insulate behind the boxs though. If you're using fiber batts with the vapor barrier attached, it's tempting to cut the whole thing around the box; you should leave about half the thickness of insulation (or enough so that it fills the void w/o being compressed) behind the box. Compressed fiber insulation doesn't perform well.
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2007年2月9日 · Also: As far as taping around your outlets; Yes, that is a good idea. Tho I would suggest using 'tyvek' type or similar tape, since duct tape: is a little thicker, it can wrinkle easily and also bunch-up (you don't want that between your studs and the sheetrock) - Using a different tape is just a suggestion.
Substitute for butyl tape to attach vapor barrier to block wall?
2021年6月22日 · I will be installing a vapor barrier over a concrete slab, tapped at the overlapped seams, and pulled a few inches up the walls to trap any rising moisture. To seal the poly vapor barrier to the block walls, I could use butyl tape, as I have done in the past, but I am seeking an alternative that might be faster to work with and cheaper.
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2015年10月18日 · Do contractors normally use 1/4" or 3/8" or 1/2" or something else? Which size is the ideal size for stapling vapour barrier?
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2024年10月19日 · You can only get condensation if interior air his a cold surface. If you have R60 between the vapor barrier and the cold, I don't see how condensation would form on the vapor barrier. Painted drywall is going to be rather vapor permeable anyways. In my house, the pros put the VP above the steel channel.
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2022年3月24日 · Research is also telling me that house wrap is a moisture barrier and if installed with tape seams it can also be an air barrier but it is designed specifically to NOT be a vapor barrier and allows moisture trapped in the walls to breathe to the outside of the home.
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2009年12月19日 · The vapor barrier must be on the warm side during the winter. This is the part you cannot see in an attic. If this insulation has paper facing towards the roof, it is wrong anyway. Either remove the paper of slice many cuts in all of it.