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Fiberglass Batts Help Solve the Moisture Problem for the FHB House

CertainTeed SmartBatts allow moisture to enter and leave the wall cavity appropriately.

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Certainteed SmartBatt in the ProHOME
SmartBatt, the insulation product used in the ProHOME demonstration home project, uses a smart vapor retarder technology; it adapts its permeability to allow moisture to escape from the wall cavity.
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      SmartBatt, the insulation product used in the FHB House demonstration home project, uses a smart vapor retarder technology; it adapts its permeability to allow moisture to escape from the wall cavity.

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      1. juanbell | | #1

        Excellent

      2. Stieb4USA | | #2

        Why not just use unfaced batts - and then install a layer of poly dheeting as a vapor and draft barrier? Would be much less seams to tape.

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