Mark wrote:
The vapor barrier always faces the heated or inside of the wall.

Please don't top post.

Be careful with this advice. The actual rule is; place vapor
barrier on the "warm" side of the insulation. In the south,
that is the outside. So, it depends on where you are living.

Since this is a basement, I would assume that it is in the
north. We don't have basements down here, so if you are up
north, put the foil on the interior side. In a basement
installation, it really doesn't make a whole lot of
difference, however.


"sid" wrote in message
...

If I finish my basement and start by placing insulation foam board
against the basement walls, which way should the foil face ? I have
seen it installed so that the foil faces the interior, but logic would
lead you to think that the foil should be on the outside and the foam
turned inside.

Any help is appreciated.

Sid.




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Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX