Am I about to do something pointless? Vapor Barrier in attic to reduce heat coming from neighbors.
I think there is too much heat escaping the semi detached house I live in, and is creating potential ice dams, my gutters are blocks of ice ATM. My side is recently insulated with some sort of white fluffy stuff (before I moved in or I would know the material), but I can see the neighbor doesn't have the same level of insulation, it's like 6" below what's piled up on my side. So - if i stick a vapor barrier up in the middle, will this stop the hotter air from one side from heating up my side of the roof? I'm not expecting miracles from a sheet of plastic but I think it would allow the hot ait to vent out his side instead of through the entire roof? I've sealed up light fixtures and my attic access already. This dude is difficult at times and won't spend the $ to add insulation or do antything... submitted by /u/New-Vegetable-8494 [link] [comments]
I think there is too much heat escaping the semi detached house I live in, and is creating potential ice dams, my gutters are blocks of ice ATM.
My side is recently insulated with some sort of white fluffy stuff (before I moved in or I would know the material), but I can see the neighbor doesn't have the same level of insulation, it's like 6" below what's piled up on my side.
So - if i stick a vapor barrier up in the middle, will this stop the hotter air from one side from heating up my side of the roof?
I'm not expecting miracles from a sheet of plastic but I think it would allow the hot ait to vent out his side instead of through the entire roof?
I've sealed up light fixtures and my attic access already. This dude is difficult at times and won't spend the $ to add insulation or do antything...
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