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When insulating the attic ceiling does the paper go down or up?
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Paper acts as a vapor barrier.Inside your home vapors come from cooking,showers and even you.There are two schools of thought on this subject.In a new home walls have plastic or paper(plastic being a tighter vapor barrier)Vapors will escape through poorly installed paperbacked insulation,causing problems at the dew point in your wall(THE PLACE WHERE COLD MEETS WARM)Vapors tend to rise.I personally think that while yyou need a vapor barrior on the ceilings,that is below your attic space,if you use paper backed insulation(no plastic on ceilings)that some vapors will escape into your vented attic not causing any problems.IF you don't let vapors escape this way,the vapors go to your windows,causing condensation,and wet wood,sills,etc. SO,the paper goes down toward your warm side.
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>> The paper should always face you, that way you can staple it to the studs. It depends if your attic is finished and usable or unfinished and used for storing boxes. Always have the paper toward the living area, which in the case of an unfinished attic (insulating attic floor) would be paper face down. Make sure the first layer you put down on the floor of the attic has the vapor barrier (paper) face down with subsequent layers of unfaced (no paper) insulation. If the attic is finished (you plan on heating / cooling the space as an office or what not, then the paper would then face you when installed on the ceiling/roof and use unfaced in the floor. Also be sure to have a clear opening for your soffit vents so there is ample circulation. A product called a rafter vent is used to keep the insulation from blocking this area.
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