Do I Need a Vapor Barrier
A vapor barrier—or retarder, depending on the perm level—is a thick plastic sheet that prevents radon and other harmful chemicals from entering your home through crawl spaces, roofs, wall [...]
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A vapor barrier—or retarder, depending on the perm level—is a thick plastic sheet that prevents radon and other harmful chemicals from entering your home through crawl spaces, roofs, wall [...]
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Built on concrete slabs and often capped with metal roofing, post-frame construction can pose unique vapor barrier challenges. Post-frame buildings or pole barns are popular for commercial, industrial [...]
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Radon is a radioactive gas that is odorless, colorless, and extremely dangerous. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), radon is linked to more than 20,000 lung cancer deaths [...]
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Heating and cooling account for nearly 48 percent of the average home’s energy expense, and with winter here, plastic sheeting offers a few easy ways to save on monthly utility bills. Effective weat [...]
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Crawl spaces beneath older houses are usually vented, meaning they have small openings to let air pass freely between the crawl space and outside. In practice, however, these vents don’t do [...]
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Are you living on top of an exposed dirt crawlspace? If so, moisture could be seeping into your home’s floors and living space, leading to mold or wood rot. And moisture, mold, and rot are [...]
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Vapor Tape is a high performance seaming tape most commonly used to seal or join large overlapping panels of vapor barrier liners together. Using tape seams is an excellent alternative to heat weldi [...]
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The main purpose of weatherizing is to keep moisture out. Moisture can cause damage such as mold and mildew, and even worse – can freeze over winter and crystallize, causing the affected material to [...]
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Many of the vapor retarders installed under building slabs do not perform adequately due to improper placement or puncturing. Ineffective vapor retarders will not reduce permeability enough to control [...]
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It’s no secret that moisture can cause problems in your foundations and walls. That’s why it’s essential to prevent moisture buildup with the best vapor barrier for concrete slabs. When [...]
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