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Subject:Re: Door vapor barrier
From:Roy Nicholl
Date:Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:24:39 -0300

You can get a non-stick thin poly which is used for wrapping pallets in warehouses .. comes in various widths.

While a building vapour barrier (6mil poly) would probably be a little unruly to use, you can buy similar rolls of lighter 3mil and 4mil poly which is typically sold for use as dust barriers during construction.

Tyvek, and other, similar, house wraps, are wind and water barriers, not vapour barriers - they are designed to allow vapour to escape while preventing water and air (wind) penetration.   That said, some wraps in this area do make reasonable vapour retarders which may actually be preferable to a vapour barrier in this instance.

> On 13-Jun-2017, at 11:16, Dean S <predsmaniac@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> how about Tyvek or Lowes knock of product of the same thing......it is a
> house vapor barrier wrap if you are unfamiliar with it..its relatively
> cheap and easy to work with...??? DS
> 
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 10:09 AM, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@verizon.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi All;
>> I'm cleaning and rebuilding a passenger front door.  Any ideas on what to
>> replace the interior vapor barrier with?  Any vendors carry it?
>> 
>> Thanks;
>> Dave B.
>> 
> 
> 
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