Putting Up A Moisture Barrier Roof

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Putting up a moisture barrier roof.

Per foot is usually the best thing you can do to reduce crawlspace moisture. If you are not sure if you need insulation in your walls follow along with this flow chart. Your first job after the studs are in place is to fill those walls with insulation. And bring the plastic about 6 in.

Sloping the soil away from your home at about 1 2 in. After the insulation is in place you will want to add a vapor retarder sometimes called a vapor barrier if you need one. Make sure to adequately ventilate the attic area above the insulation. That reduction of air and moisture infiltration can then help improve roof longevity.

If you do not have a vapor barrier on the underside of your roof steel you should have an one inch layer of closed cell spray foam insulation applied to it otherwise it will probably rain in your attic. A roof design that includes an adhered roof membrane with multiple layers of insulation with board joints offset and staggered over a vapor retarder air barrier helps lower the risk that air and the moisture it carries will infiltrate the roof system. Overlap any seams and tape them. Cover the dirt crawlspace with a plastic moisture polyethylene vapor barrier.