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Old 01-10-2020, 10:34 AM   #65
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I don't want to get into a long discussion about this but after reading your comment I feel the need to respond. You have it backwards. The Vapour Barrier need to be on the warm side of the insulation (cold climate dependant) and the air barrier can be pretty mush anywhere in the assembly. For low rise construction 6mil ploy usually acts as both, but once you exceed 4 storeys 6 mil poly cant handle the air pressure and other forms of air barrier must be used. Below is a short article that explains it somewhat.

https://www.ecohome.net/guides/2316/...apor-barriers/
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Not trying to argue, but see article for what I was talking about.
https://www.buildingscience.com/docu...l-in-buildings
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