[Greenbuilding] Fwd: air barrier recommendations

[John Straube]

Hey there Reuben.  A description of your climate would be helpful before I
weigh in..
In most cases taping up the plywood or osb sheathing would often be a great
solution.

On Mon., Jul. 11, 2022, 18:15 Reuben Deumling, <9watts at gmail.com> wrote:

> I hope there are still a few of you smart people out there. This list used
> to be so fun!
>
> I'm a little rusty on this stuff. So your thoughts are much appreciated.
>
> I am building a 250 sf shop in my back yard. I am insulating the floor
> right away (R19 FG batts) and the walls and 12/12 metal roof plane sometime
> in the future. My hope is to affix a barrier of some sort (6 mil plastic?)
> to the underside of the joists (ca. 12" unvented crawl space beneath), and
> wrap the walls and roof plane with some sort of air barrier, but am not
> sure what a good product choice would be for
> - under the floor
> - the walls
> - the roof
>
> Thanks for all suggestions.
>
> Reuben
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