[Greenbuilding] Fwd: air barrier recommendations

[Reuben Deumling]

Portland Oregon, dry hot summers; high humidity in the winter.

I should have mentioned that I am skipping the plywood altogether. I am
putting up rough sawn board-and-batten siding over the studs and blocking.
My thought was to put that air barrier between those.

On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 3:35 PM John Straube <jfstraube at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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