Re: Vapor retarder in attic floor insulation

[Guest guest]

Bill, are you saying they put the vapor retarder over the top..i.e. looks

neater?

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More often than not they put any vapor retarder/barrier up because it looked

neater. And stuffed batts over recessed lights causing the thermal limiter to

cycle.

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[Guest guest]

Yep. With hundreds of square ft. of insulation looking back at the installer, the installer never noticed that virtually every batts vapor barrier said “install

facing ceiling”

From: iequality [mailto:iequality ]

On Behalf Of barb b w

Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 3:31 PM

To: iequality

Subject: Re: Vapor retarder in attic floor insulation

Bill, are you saying they put the vapor retarder over the top..i.e. looks neater?

>

More often than not they put any vapor retarder/barrier up because it looked neater. And stuffed batts over recessed lights causing the thermal limiter to cycle.

>

[Guest guest]

I can relate. I wanted vapor retarder up because I thought it would keep

insulation cleaner.

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> Yep. With hundreds of square ft. of insulation looking back at the installer,

the installer never noticed that virtually every batts vapor barrier said

" install facing ceiling "

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