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The previous owner built what they called a sun/3 season room, to me it's just a mud room. For whatever reason they didnt put any insulation in except for around the windows, which seems pointless being here in NY as it makes it useless from late nov through april...
So here's what I did...
It's a 2x4 wall. I cut enough plastic sheeting for each wall to allow it to form along each cavity and over top of the studs(so the studs are to the outside) Then stapled in rolled faced insulation( paper to the inside) and taped all edges.
Now im about 3/4 done with putting up new cedar board on the inside and while looking something else up, I stumbled across some topics where it looks like I may have done this all wrong...
I went this way because I wanted to keep the new cedar from getting any mositure on it and water marking like what happen to the original boards. So putting the plastic to the outside seemed like the best idea, keeping moisture as far away as possible...
Should I have put the insulation in the cavity first then the plastic sheeting to the inside wall or wont it make a difference?
The room isn't heated currently btw.
So here's what I did...
It's a 2x4 wall. I cut enough plastic sheeting for each wall to allow it to form along each cavity and over top of the studs(so the studs are to the outside) Then stapled in rolled faced insulation( paper to the inside) and taped all edges.
Now im about 3/4 done with putting up new cedar board on the inside and while looking something else up, I stumbled across some topics where it looks like I may have done this all wrong...
I went this way because I wanted to keep the new cedar from getting any mositure on it and water marking like what happen to the original boards. So putting the plastic to the outside seemed like the best idea, keeping moisture as far away as possible...
Should I have put the insulation in the cavity first then the plastic sheeting to the inside wall or wont it make a difference?
The room isn't heated currently btw.