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Sorry I was too vague - the r38 insulation is on the attic floor,
which is the celing of the 1st floor (ranch-style)...the vapor barrier is between the attic "floor" and the 1st floor "celing." Does that help? Thanks. On Mar 2, 11:26*am, wrote: On Mar 2, 11:06*am, ransley wrote: On Feb 29, 5:47*pm, Rich wrote: Hi all - I recently insulated my attic. *To do that, I removed the plywood floors that were nailed to the floor beams. *I then installed R-38 faced on the attic floor but not the rafters. *I am now noticing that after replacing the plywood (on top of the insulation), may places are showing damp spots and are moist to the touch...what can I do to stop this other than perm. removing the floorboards? Suggestions? Thanks. Depending on what is wet you need a proper vapor barrier or better attic venting, probably both. Agree. * And from the description, I'm not sure where, if any, the vapor barrier is. * The statement "I then installed R38 faced on the attic floor....", leads me to wonder if the insulation has a vapor barrier and it was installed against the attic floor, instead of the ceiling below. * *There should be one vapor barrier, at the ceiling surface in the attic. |
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