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I will tend advice on using Kraft facing on insulation. If you can avoid it, don't use it. It is not just flammable. It's like...

I worked in HVAC for a couple decades. I couldn't even recommend a brand anymore since they have all changed so much. I don't like...

I agree w/ Hohn plus a couple of insights on floor temp management. I completed my residential retirement home which was built on a...

Thanks again gents. I was going to ask what VB everyone likes but sounds like that's a bad idea. I have a commerical dehumidifier...

Maybe nothing. Depends. I had one "uninsulated" pole barn with zero vents (other than the barn doors, which were very leaky). I'm...

See post above. Vapor barrier in the midwest is almost always a bad idea unless you have somehow installed it in a way that it can never...

I'd go further-- the vapor barrier would be a disaster. Vapor barriers only ever make sense where you have a single seasonal dominant...

Vapor barrier goes on the conditioned side of the insulation.

That will be difficult for the 10x10 and a 18x10 garage doors. I do technically have that with the front room. Ps: thank you

How about an entry chamber of sorts, so when you have to open the big door, all the dry air doesn’t go out the door along with...

Well, looks like near future will be a big dehumidifier then a mini split later on. After looking a bit more, is there any bad...

Here it is on its little tree stand I made. Then it drains through the wall and into a tote which then gravity fills the horse trough...

Got a picture of the setup?

I am in Indiana as well. I run a Moiswell MP100 dehumidifier in the shop. I have it mounted up about 7ft on the wall and hooked up to a...

I kinda like the idea of two mini splits. You can get plenty of capacity that way, and maybe only run one at a time when you’re not in...