Hello,
The wall of my upcoming house: exterior cladding, air gap (battens), asfaboard, 150*50 studs, insulation (not yet decided but most likely ecowool), vapor barrier... Now I'm wondering if I can nail a horizontal cladding directly onto the studs which means the cladding rests against the plastic, or if I should have battens between the plastic and the cladding?
I'm running the electricity through the floor so the vapor barrier is not affected by the electricity. And the house is a vacation home in a very windy location that will be used 8 months of the year.
Grateful for answers!
/Ruckelrustaren
The wall of my upcoming house: exterior cladding, air gap (battens), asfaboard, 150*50 studs, insulation (not yet decided but most likely ecowool), vapor barrier... Now I'm wondering if I can nail a horizontal cladding directly onto the studs which means the cladding rests against the plastic, or if I should have battens between the plastic and the cladding?
I'm running the electricity through the floor so the vapor barrier is not affected by the electricity. And the house is a vacation home in a very windy location that will be used 8 months of the year.
Grateful for answers!
/Ruckelrustaren
Yes, you can. The downside is that you risk puncturing the plastic when you put things on the walls.
Then you should keep the house heated over the winter now that you're using plastic.
In a vacation house with eco-fiber and wood paneling on the walls, I wouldn't have used any plastic in the walls but would have skipped it, allowing you to shut down the house during the cold season.
Keep the wind away with the surface layer and wind protection of asfaboard.
Then you should keep the house heated over the winter now that you're using plastic.
In a vacation house with eco-fiber and wood paneling on the walls, I wouldn't have used any plastic in the walls but would have skipped it, allowing you to shut down the house during the cold season.
Keep the wind away with the surface layer and wind protection of asfaboard.
Thank you for the response!
I had a feeling that plastic would be wrong. I'm looking at some windbreaker instead so I won't have to heat the house in the winter.
I had a feeling that plastic would be wrong. I'm looking at some windbreaker instead so I won't have to heat the house in the winter.
Well, you're not going to have the wall sockets and switches in the floor, right?Ruckelrustaren said:
Normally, the electricity is run in the ceiling, where there is plenty of space thanks to the sparse panel.
Hello,
I'm a bit confused. In my opinion, it's not wind barrier or plastic, but wind barrier and possibly plastic.
The wind barrier should prevent convection (the wind blowing around the air in the insulation) and the plastic sheeting mainly to prevent moisture in the indoor air from diffusing (i.e., moisture transport without air movement due to different partial pressures) outward in large amounts where it can condense into water.
Wind barrier on the outside and possible plastic sheeting on the inside of the construction.
I'm a bit confused. In my opinion, it's not wind barrier or plastic, but wind barrier and possibly plastic.
The wind barrier should prevent convection (the wind blowing around the air in the insulation) and the plastic sheeting mainly to prevent moisture in the indoor air from diffusing (i.e., moisture transport without air movement due to different partial pressures) outward in large amounts where it can condense into water.
Wind barrier on the outside and possible plastic sheeting on the inside of the construction.
I have seen wind barriers used on the inside of the studs when insulating with cellulose fiber. It's probably mostly to keep the insulation in place during work, for example, when spraying the cellulose fiber as loose fill.AndersS said: