I am replacing the on the exterior walls of my basement shop. The old insulation was just fiberglass batts with no vapor barrier covered by clear plastic. The new insulation is also fiberglass batts
In my opinion you're way overthinking it :-) I'd not use the clear plastic. Or use unfaced with the clear plastic. but not both. Why do you care about keeping it clean anyway? jim by and paper Kraft
Probably not a problem. But if you are concerned, you could just stab of slash a bunch of holes in the kraft paper with a knife. I have no paper in the 'glas batts in my shop walls. There is kraft pa
about having two vapor barriers ... the Kraft paper and the clear plastic ... and what damage might occur if vapor or anything else gets trapped between them with no place to go. You could use a wat
I had something similar in mind for my attic. I currently have a layer of blown insulation (from 1976), and then a second layer of R38 batts (2' X 4' each) running opposite the joists. I'm thinking o
I am replacing the on the exterior walls of my basement shop. The old insulation was just fiberglass batts with no vapor barrier covered by clear plastic. The new insulation is also fiberglass batts
In my opinion you're way overthinking it :-) I'd not use the clear plastic. Or use unfaced with the clear plastic. but not both. Why do you care about keeping it clean anyway? jim by and paper Kraft
Author: pethier at comcast.net (pethier at comcast.net)
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:54:53 +0000 (UTC)
Probably not a problem. But if you are concerned, you could just stab of slash a bunch of holes in the kraft paper with a knife. I have no paper in the 'glas batts in my shop walls. There is kraft pa
Author: shop-talk2 at mcfetridge.org (shop-talk2 at mcfetridge.org)
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:45:51 -0500
about having two vapor barriers ... the Kraft paper and the clear plastic ... and what damage might occur if vapor or anything else gets trapped between them with no place to go. You could use a wat
I had something similar in mind for my attic. I currently have a layer of blown insulation (from 1976), and then a second layer of R38 batts (2' X 4' each) running opposite the joists. I'm thinking o