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Greenbuilding Archive for May 2001
433 messages, last added Tue Nov 26 17:25:25 2002

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RE: [GBlist] benign wall insulation



Title: RE: [GBlist] benign wall insulation

I thought I read somewhere you're better off 'tearing it'. 

-----Original Message-----
From: David Seth Melchert [mailto:dmelchert@earthlink.net]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 2:08 PM
To: Reuben Deumling
Cc: Ray Zorz; greenbuilding@crest.org
Subject: Re: [GBlist] benign wall insulation




Reuben Deumling wrote:

> I've succeeded in obtaining a sufficient quantity of cotton
> insulation for this project, and I am wondering what (if any) vapor
> barrier might be appropriate on the inside of this insulation.  This
> stuff comes in batts, but not with any backing.  Does anyone on this
> list have experience with installing cotton insulation?  Thanks for
> any insights.
>
> Reuben Deumling

We are going to use it on a small studio project next week. I'll let you know how
it goes. I hear it is hard to cut.

Seth