I am staring at an empty 8.5" space in my garage walls with steel siding on the outside screwed onto 1.5" purlins attached to a 6x6 pole. I also have 1.5" perlins on the inside wall to nail my osb onto. I am thinking of stapling rolled 6" backed fiberglas on the inside perlins and then covering with 1/2" osb. This will give me a couple of inches clearance between the steel and th insulation. The siding is ribbed, so moisture can run off the steel. Since I am using backed insulation, will I need to add an additional vapor barrier before installing my OSB? I will be heating with a vented propane hanging wall heater.
insulating pole barn
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rburke65
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Well Mr. retired policeman, did we remove the interior wall? Could not have been a fun job....how did that go ?
Shocker
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Why the start of a new thread?
Torque1st
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It seems to be a continuation of this thread:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46132
Maybe a mod can combine the threads.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46132
Maybe a mod can combine the threads.
Sorry, I felt like the other was about my problem and the new was simply what to do with the bare walls. I was trying to help someone else just starting their insulation work. I probably should have just continued on with the old thread. Sorry for the inconvenience.
About half removed...quite a job! Wish I would have screwed it on, instead of screwing it up.
Bet I don't forget vapor barrier again!!krooser
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I used a combination of unfaced and paper backed batts stuffed into the wall cavity vertically. I then used a plastic vapor barrier and then screwed the osb/plwood onto the girts.
I wish I had "flush" built the walls but I discovered that technique too late.
BTW.... the walls have "girts'... the roof uses "purlins"...
I wish I had "flush" built the walls but I discovered that technique too late.
BTW.... the walls have "girts'... the roof uses "purlins"...