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If the old cover is shot, why not buy a new one? Ours became waterlogged, so very heavy to open, and the thermal retention was terrible. A new one locally was >$600, but I found one online (Canada: Lillypad Cover Company, hot tub covers, Delta, BC) with MUCH better specs for ~$500 with delivery...

The attic is open, and includes very good ventilation to the exterior, so any moisture getting up into it will be vented away. Note that there is already insulation above the ceiling: from the inside, it has 1/4" chipboard with a plastic vapor barrier above it nailed to the trusses, and then...

The building was originally built as a (luxury) horse barn, but no animals have been in it since 1989. The inside is still faced with the original hemlock boards but they are marked up in places where horses had been able to kick. Since hemlock gets very hard as it dries, removing it would be...

Thanks for the response Perry. I do intend to install heat recovery ventilation, but I'm not sure that will be enough to eliminate moisture problem in the current hemlock interior surface if I add insulation on the inside. (Adding on the outside isn't an option for design & cost reasons -- but...

I plan to renovate an open area of ~900 ft² (84m²) within a well-built horse barn. I'm located in Quebec, where we can get winter temperatures down to -40 (C and F) -- but typically more like -25C (-13F) and very dry -- and summer temperatures up to 35C (95F) with high humidity. I hope to...