Putting Up A Moisture Barrier Roof

If you are not sure if you need insulation in your walls follow along with this flow chart.

Putting up a moisture barrier roof.

Consult building inspection offices for local recommendations. Your first job after the studs are in place is to fill those walls with insulation. After the insulation is in place you will want to add a vapor retarder sometimes called a vapor barrier if you need one. Overlap any seams and tape them.

And bring the plastic about 6 in. Cover the dirt crawlspace with a plastic moisture polyethylene vapor barrier. Not every wall does. A roof design that includes an adhered roof membrane with multiple layers of insulation with board joints offset and staggered over a vapor retarder air barrier helps lower the risk that air and the moisture it carries will infiltrate the roof system.

If you do not have a vapor barrier on the underside of your roof steel you should have an one inch layer of closed cell spray foam insulation applied to it otherwise it will probably rain in your attic. Per foot is usually the best thing you can do to reduce crawlspace moisture. Sloping the soil away from your home at about 1 2 in. In very cold climates the use of polyethylene plastic vapor barriers between insulation and interior wallboard may be beneficial provided all air gaps into any wall and ceiling cavities are also blocked.