Dumb Timber Framed House Vapour Control Barrier Question

[Mark Elvin]

We has a minor leak in one of the walls in out house, so I popped out a section of plaster board, repaired the pipe, allowed the area to dry & the replaced the platser beard & made good.

Problem is I've just remembered in my haste to make good, I clean forgot the repair the hole in the vapor barrier.

PArt of me thinks "sod it, it'll be ok" the other part thinks "repair it, do it properly". What do you all think?

 

[Mark Elvin]

OK, I'm going to do the right thing & repair it.

What tape should I use to tape up the cut I made?

 

[mointainwalker]

I would say you just need a decent quality plastic tape (so it is also impervious ) and a width that is big enough so that you don't have to fiddle too much lining up the sides of the cut.

How well it sticks depends on the material of your vapour-barrier. I've found some stick superbly and others really need the tape rubbing and pressing on.