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Default radiant barrier in new construction

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:22:47 -0700 (PDT), ransley
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On Sep 5, 4:00*pm, grasshopper wrote:
Suppose a house has radiant barrier housewrap, then 1 x 2 furring
strips on the outside and topped with 4 x 8 hardie concrete siding.
Would there be any problem if I installed foil backed fiberglass in
the wall cavity with the foil facing the interior?


It should work, but what house wrap is a radiant barrier, unless its
foil.




The one I'm looking at is he http://www.radiantguard.com/ Looks
like there are several speciality providers.

My main concern was the possibility of trapping moisture between the
two barriers....