Vapour barrier between garage and living area??
2008年12月2日 · Dropping the ceiling allows for a continuous vapor barrier to be installed below the bottoms of the joists on the warm side of the insulation. Rim joists/garage wall (above the "drop") in this area should be treated the same as any other part of the house (R20/ continuous vapor barrier), the last step becomes batting the dropped ceiling with ...
Sleeper Floor Over Concrete - Vapor Barrier? - Contractor Talk
2020年6月7日 · Got a question on where/whether to put a vapor barrier in a sleeper floor on concrete. I've got a customer who's expanding their living space into the garage and we're framing a new floor on the slab. Only problem is, the floor we're matching to is 3" above slab surface so we need to make it a sleeper floor.
Garage to living room conversion - Contractor Talk
2012年5月16日 · If you have the room skip the vapor barrier and the fiberglass. Like mentioned earlier...use 2" Dow and tape the seems...plenty of insulation. It will be the vapor barrier and the insulation. Go around the perimeter with a foam gun to seal up the edges. The ledgers should work fine. Bolt them and hanger the joists.
Concrete Floor, no vapor barrier - Contractor Talk
2013年1月22日 · Condensation under the plastic indicates moisture due to no vapor barrier. Some slabs are laid down with plastic material under them, but older structures may not. As a result, the surface may be coated (with a paint or a concrete stain), but it may become a maintenance issue, requiring periodic recoating.
Peeling paint in unheated garage - Contractor Talk
2011年4月22日 · The attached 2 car garage. when you enter the garage, the left wall is an outside wall, space above the garage is unheated, but the ceiling does have insulation in it. the right side as you enter the garage is a wall that has a heated living space on the other side. wall on the left and the ceiling have peeling paint bad!
Primer / Sealer VS Flat paint - Contractor Talk
2009年4月24日 · Whats the difference between a flat paint and a primer sealer like killz. I've noticed doing many repairs that when shooting texture, walls with flat paint will absorb the moisture but walls with semi-gloss the glossy paint acts sort of like a vapor barrier, meaning the wall will not absorb the moisture anywhere near as fast.
Laying Floor Joist directly on conctrete | Contractor Talk ...
2007年12月27日 · Simple answer is Yes, it's just a sleeper floor, I would suggest you glue the floor joists to the floor, also be sure to use a good vapor barrier. As the code is written a crawl space foundation must have a minimum of 18 inches although there is an exception that states "the use of pressure treated lumber is acceptable if the clearance is less ...
Rigid foam requirement under slab in northern climate
2024年11月30日 · Coach house with garage below that is unconditioned - you insulate the floors not the slab except for the area that is conditioned - entry, stair area aka where is the thermal barrier (see red lining below). Conditioning or just heating the garage - …
Unheated Garage-Vapor Barrier Needed?? - contractortalk.com
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Furring out wall on top of drywall - Contractor Talk
2010年10月26日 · Customer is requesting me to fur out there exterior 2x4 wall another 4" or so. They want it flush with the footing in the garage. The existing wall is insulated with batts, kraft faced and drywalled. I would basically be putting another 2x4 wall in front. Customer wants me to insulate the new wall.