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What do you do with the info? If you live in Europe, start planning on a furnace for your home. Wear gloves when installing fiberglass insulation, it itches. T
by GnarfGnarf 5y ago
What do you do with the info?
If you live in Europe, start planning on a furnace for your home. Wear gloves when installing fiberglass insulation, it itches. The vapour barrier goes on the outside.
London is at the same latitude as Calgary, AB, Canada. Have you been to Calgary? Winter temp. hits -40°C (but it's a dry cold). Every outdoor parking stall has an electric plug for your block heater. Spray ether in the carburetor to get the car started.
Welcome to the 51st parallel.
- aaronax 5y agoHopefully you mean that the vapor barrier faces the "outside" (side out towards you) of the wall cavity as you work on it from inside the house, meaning actually that the vapor barrier is on the side of the insulation nearest the building occupants. The vapor barrier is supposed to go on the warm/moist side of the wall to keep the insulation dry, which in a cold climate is on the inside. Almost no one should be spraying ether in their cars; carburetors are quite rare nowadays. I have found that a fuel injected car will reliably start in extreme cold (North Dakota) as long as you can get the engine to crank well. And I never use a block heater.
- GnarfGnarf 5y agoYou are correct: the vapour barrier goes on the inside, closest to the warm room. This prevents the moist air in the room from condensing within the insulation, accumulating water and causing rot and mold. My late father-in-law, who worked in construction, says they found out the hard way in the 1940's when fiberglass insulation was first installed, without vapour barrier. Within a few years, entire walls would just collapse, the studs and framing having rotted like cheese. And I never use a block heater North Dakota is South of Calgary.