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Is there no need for a vapor barrier on floor?Gotcha.
Is there no need for a vapor barrier on floor?Gotcha.
Not unless it is hollow.Is there no need for a vapor barrier on floor?
Sorry I don't follow "hollow"Not unless it is hollow.
Not doing it for damp reasons.Vapour barriers have nothing to do with damp, but everything to do with prevention of condensation. If you are lining a wall like that, then why aren't you insulating it between the battens? That would stop condensation.
if you create a void, it can become a cold void so you need to use a VLC.
I am battening straight onto brick party walls and external walls in a ground floor room in a terraced house. Also, I am battening a concrete floor to level it with an existing floor in the same room.
On the net that I read somewhere that if you create a void, it can become a cold void so you need to use a VLC.
Does that make it any clearer?
But what is on this party wall now, and the other walls? And why are you battening and boarding like that - what are you trying to achieve?
Why not insulate? Why not bond and skim? Why not dot and dab?
Battening a concrete floor is a bit mental. Simply bring it up in screed or insulation plus screed if you have enough room. Its simpler and removes any condensation risk.
Rightly then.
You won't need a vapour barrier in this situation, party wall or external
As you have solid walls, you might as well insulate while messing about with this.
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