Probably not a problem. But if you are concerned, you could just stab of slash
a bunch of holes in the kraft paper with a knife.
I have no paper in the 'glas batts in my shop walls. There is kraft paper in
the ceiling batts because I put it up from below and I needed the paper edges
to staple them up to the joists (gravity was not my friend). I put thick clear
plastic lining the entire shop, walls and ceiling. I don't know that that is
giving me any problems after 13 years, but how would I know, not having removed
any of the hardboard to look?
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arvid Jedlicka" <arvidj at visi.com>
> To: "Shop Talk List" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 12:39:48 PM
> Subject: [Shop-talk] Basement shop insulation\vapor barrier question ...
> I am replacing the on the exterior walls of my basement shop.
>
> The old insulation was just fiberglass batts with no vapor barrier
> covered by
> clear plastic. The new insulation is also fiberglass batts but it has
> the
> Kraft vapor barrier on it.
>
> I would also like to put clear plastic on the wall as it will be a
> while
> before I actually get around to covering the wall with anything
> meaningful and
> the solid sheet of plastic will be easier to keep clean than the Kraft
> paper
> and bare studs. But I am worried about having two vapor barriers ...
> the Kraft
> paper and the clear plastic ... and what damage might occur if vapor
> or
> anything else gets trapped between them with no place to go.
>
> Any thoughts on this? I am over thinking this? I am under thinking
> this? I am
> not thinking? What was I thinking?
>
> Thanks,
> Arvid
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