Insulation, Radiant and Vapor Barriers - Insulating basement walls

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msettip
11-01-04, 09:49 PM
My basement is warm in the winter because of the boiler and cool in the summer. The bedroom in the basement has paneling up with old insulation behind it.

I wanted to reframe the room with metal studs and use a poly board like one from Owens Corning on the wall and skip the R-13 between the studs.

I noticed some ants crawling from under one wall a couple of months ago. It seems they made a small home in the insulation.

Do I just use adhesive to put the poly board on the basement wall?
Should I still put up a plastic vapor barrier over the studss?

The basement will have a drop ceiling so the walls will be opened at the top.

Thanks,

Matty


twelvepole
11-02-04, 01:47 AM
This thread has been split from another regarding vapor retarder on basement walls. Doing so will provide greater opportunities for discussion on this topic.