Sorry for the late reply...just getting caught up with these mails.
A good resource for insulation facts is http://www.naima.org
--- Phil Ethier <pethier@isd.net> wrote:
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Lee - Team Banana Racing <mikel@ichips.intel.com>
> To: Shop Talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 6:53 PM
> Subject: Re: Covering fiberglass insulation in attic?
> Staple up fiberglass insulation from below. I used stuff with kraft paper
> because that was available and the paper made it easy to staple. Remember
> that the kraft paper goes towards the warm side.
>
> Have you insulated the walls? This is a good time.
>
> Staple up poly sheet for a vapor barrier separating the heated area from the
> insulation. About twenty bucks worth of 6-mil covered the entire inside of
> my 20x30 shop. Get the clear stuff, not the black stuff. It is much easier
> to see what you are doing.
It's really not necessary to use plastic if you use kraft paper backed
fiberglas. The kraft paper is there to be a vapor barrier. It's important
to overlap the edges carefully to get a good seal. Putting up a double
vapor barrier will accumulate moisure between the layers.
> It sounds
> >as though putting up plastic sheeting to cover the fiberglass is generally
> a no-no,
> >and likely some sort of fire code violation, but the kraft paper sounds
> like a good
> >idea;
>
> Explain to me why poly is a fire-code violation and kraft paper is not.
Both are fire code violations.
> >Mike
>
> Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Chev Suburban
> LOON, MAC
> pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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