

| Subject: | Re: Door vapor barrier |
| From: | David Beierl |
| Date: | Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:41:32 -0400 |
I'd go with the 6 mil poly. Yrs, d On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > 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. > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > The real reason you are on facebook; > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIVi0RkIS6E > > > > "Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis" "*Malo periculosam, > libertatem > > quam quietam servitutem"* > > La Florida 1513 > > http://www.nasa.gov/content/florida-to-louisiana-viewed- > from-the-international-space-station/#.VBnXJPldVJs >
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