Insulating Garage Ceiling Vapor Barrier

In hot humid climates attics should not be vented and vapor.

Insulating garage ceiling vapor barrier.

Whether your vapor barrier is a facing or a film it must be placed on the warm in winter side of the wall. Vapor barriers keep the air moisture in your house from condensing in the insulated cavities. My main goal is to keep it from getting much below freezing during the winter. In reality insulation merely slows the transfer of heat through the insulated barrier wall ceiling floor etc.

Not every wall does. If you re using old uninsulated doors pick up a retrofit kit that add insulating panels. If you live in a hot humid climate. If you re adding new garage doors be sure to install insulated options.

This garage is located in the north cascades 2000 elevation in washington state with a typical yearly temperature range of 0f 105f. After the insulation is in place you will want to add a vapor retarder sometimes called a vapor barrier if you need one. When the house was built 10 years ago the walls attached to the house were done and the ceiling was drywalled fire code. I m considering insulating and drywalling my garage which already has insulated garage doors.

A vapor retarder is a material used to prevent water vapor from diffusing into the wall ceiling or floor during the cold winter. If you live in a cold climate place the vapor barrier between the interior of your home and the insulation. I want to insulate the ceiling in my garage. Plastic vapor barriers should only be installed in vented attics in climates with more than 8 000 heating degree days.