Walls of garage do not have any added insulation. With two insulated garage doors. There are two heat ducts from the apartment in the ceiling of the garage which keeps the garage space on average of 50 degrees in colder months.
Would insulating the floor be any benefit for energy efficiency of the apartment and if so would the batting go next to the floor. C;an it simply be sprayed with a flame retardent, or covered with dry wall or other non-flammable covering? The expense to remove and replace is high. Thanks, R. I am putting 1 inch aluminum sided insulation boards inside a metal building.
Does the aluminum side face to the inside or glued to the metal siding? Also the same question regarding the ceiling of an enclosed wooden beam porch? Hi, Carol, The aluminum facing should always face toward the inside of the home whether in a wall or ceiling to prevent water vapor from passing through it. Thanks for your question! I was insulating unheated garage below heated living space I live in PA and knew I had to get paper facing up towards heated space.
Hope this helps someone out there…. We used two levels, one with no paper went in first then the other with paper went on top facing into the attic between the studs in the floor of the attic. If I am reading all this correctly the paper goes against the 2nd floor ceiling when laying between the studs of the attic floor technically the 3rd floor ad the second layer goes on top.
Is this correct? Now, if that is correct, I am confused. After I put in all the baffles. I put the insulation on top of the baffles with the paper facing out into the attic and not against the baffles. We removed all the blown in insulation. Thank You for the Help. From reading, I see my insulation is installed correctly but it falls out frequently due to not being securely attached in any fashion.
How can I secure it while still keeping the potential moisture out in mind? Approx sq ft thank you. Vetted, qualified contractors are online now and available to chat with you about your specific home improvement project and needs.
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Posted August 31, 0. Posted August 25, 0. Posted August 24, 0. Listen to the Show. Follow Us Follows. Latest Popular Comments. October 14, 0. September 24, 0. September 16, 0. September 10, 0. Vapor Barrier? What the Heck?! Abe: I love your analogy! Eric P. Dave R. Well this is an easy one. The Well this is an easy one. The kraft paper should always be IN. As in, IN a garbage can where the fiberglass batt attached to it belongs.
Skylar S. Thanks for the shout out, Thanks for the shout out, Allison! Dave: feel free to use it! We have started instralling We have started instralling over the stud face in PA and Nj on my projects. I noticed a differance on rough just before drywall. It was easier to keep the house warm in comparison to when we installed the staple tabs on the side of he studs. I love arguements with the inspectors. Allison—a great article. Well done. Allison — your comments Allison — your comments about the irrelevance of the location of kraft facing on fiberglass batts are spot-on, and for all the reasons you iterate.
The damn facing obscures your work, slowing down the installation and resulting in a poor insulation grade. Just buy un-faced batts, install them to Grade 1 and build your air and moisture control systems in another layer big separate discussion. Many of these had faced batts installed in the building cavities, with facings installed in every imaginable configuration — up, down, in, out, torn, taped, stapled here, stapled there — and I have never ONCE seen evidence of moisture accumulation resulting from diffusion in these building cavities.
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You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Which side should the insulation paper face. Thread starter joetheinspector Start date Feb 28, Joined Jan 1, Messages Where in the code or insulation installation instructions does it say which side the paper should face? I have always heard that the paper barrier is supposed to face the warm side in the winter which would be the floor side in climate zone 5.
Someone has installed the insulation with the paper facing the crawl space side.
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