Hello everyone;
I'm in the process of remodeling three bedrooms. The house was built in the 60s so having the walls stripped to rebuild window rough openings presented a good opportunity to improve the insulation.
About 20 years ago, I spent a year after high school working for a contractor and when we would insulate new builds, we would use unfaced batts and a 6 mil poly vapor barrier.
Fast forward to my home project, I figured this would be the way I'd insulate these rooms. Yesterday I was hanging drywall when I noticed the poly looked slightly, very slightly cloudy. I pulled back a staple and got a hand in there and could see there was very light condensation.
I live in a suburb of Buffalo, NY, and it has been very warm and humid this summer. I mention that because the siding has been stripped off of the house and all the is left on the exterior is 3/4" weather sheathing and tar paper. The rooms I'm insulating are on the south and west of the house, so the sun beats on them all day. So I don't know if insulboard and vinyl siding will eventually help mitigate the heat penetrating into the walls and meeting the actual cooled air indoors.
Obviously, I'm hoping I don't have to take everything down and redo the insulation with paper faced, but the condensation stopped me in my tracks, and I'm worried I've made a mistake; possibly miasing some detail i don't remember from 20 years ago, or even maybe just doing it wrong. I will say it's definitely a very light condensation. No one else helping me or in my house could tell unless the put their hand between the poly and insulation, and even then they needed a little convincing. That said, I'm not convinced, myself, that I've done the right thing.
Sorry this is so long!
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated!
Chris
I'm in the process of remodeling three bedrooms. The house was built in the 60s so having the walls stripped to rebuild window rough openings presented a good opportunity to improve the insulation.
About 20 years ago, I spent a year after high school working for a contractor and when we would insulate new builds, we would use unfaced batts and a 6 mil poly vapor barrier.
Fast forward to my home project, I figured this would be the way I'd insulate these rooms. Yesterday I was hanging drywall when I noticed the poly looked slightly, very slightly cloudy. I pulled back a staple and got a hand in there and could see there was very light condensation.
I live in a suburb of Buffalo, NY, and it has been very warm and humid this summer. I mention that because the siding has been stripped off of the house and all the is left on the exterior is 3/4" weather sheathing and tar paper. The rooms I'm insulating are on the south and west of the house, so the sun beats on them all day. So I don't know if insulboard and vinyl siding will eventually help mitigate the heat penetrating into the walls and meeting the actual cooled air indoors.
Obviously, I'm hoping I don't have to take everything down and redo the insulation with paper faced, but the condensation stopped me in my tracks, and I'm worried I've made a mistake; possibly miasing some detail i don't remember from 20 years ago, or even maybe just doing it wrong. I will say it's definitely a very light condensation. No one else helping me or in my house could tell unless the put their hand between the poly and insulation, and even then they needed a little convincing. That said, I'm not convinced, myself, that I've done the right thing.
Sorry this is so long!
Any help or advice is greatly appreciated!
Chris