1950s house, replacing insulation
We just got a house in Minnesota. Im finding conflicting information about insulation. Its a 1.5 story house, we are ripping out the cheap 90s wood paneling upstairs, and replacing with drywall. The exterior insulation is near non existent with no vapor barrier. Would putting mineral wool bats up with a 4mil poly vapor barrier(on the drywall side) be enough? Ive seen people talk about also using a vapor rated primer on the drywall. Just concerned about creating any future mold issues. Ive found a few insulation companies to redo our attic crawl space later, but wanted to see if we could do this part ourselves. Anyone have experience? submitted by /u/UncreativeArtist [link] [comments]
We just got a house in Minnesota. Im finding conflicting information about insulation.
Its a 1.5 story house, we are ripping out the cheap 90s wood paneling upstairs, and replacing with drywall. The exterior insulation is near non existent with no vapor barrier.
Would putting mineral wool bats up with a 4mil poly vapor barrier(on the drywall side) be enough? Ive seen people talk about also using a vapor rated primer on the drywall. Just concerned about creating any future mold issues. Ive found a few insulation companies to redo our attic crawl space later, but wanted to see if we could do this part ourselves. Anyone have experience?
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