Installing Plastic Sheeting Over Insulation

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Installing plastic sheeting over insulation.

Cut the sheeting with scissors at the end of the wall. The humid air is indoors. This article will show you how to add 6 mil plastic sheeting on the ground and insulate the walls in your crawlspace. The colder the contents the more beads of sweat that form on the sides.

Use the pattern described beforehand as to give strength to the insulation layer on one row install the sheets horizontally as on the next one lay them vertically. Plastic on the outer surface of a wall in cold weather could cause problems. How to install poly over insulation. Continue in the same manner until the bottom row is complete.

The plastic and the insulation will eliminate any moisture problems you have in the crawlspace such as water droplets collecting on the concrete walls. Move down the wall and staple the sheeting to the studs over the insulation until reaching the end of the wall. Stretch the plastic sheet tightly across the top of the wall and staple it to the studs and plates. Plastic on the outside.

Continue preparing adhesive and installing polystyrene sheets in the same manner until you cover the whole surface of the wall. The cool surface is the sheathing assuming no exterior insulation. Go to the second wall and install the sheeting over the insulation just like the previous wall. If water vapor diffuses or infiltrates into the wall cavity and finds the cool surface moisture problems can occur.