For cold temperature applications where heat transfer is a concern it is also important to select a plastic material with.
Use of plastic wall sheets in cold climates.
This same process occurs inside the walls of your home.
The sheet of poly still cuts off drying to the indoors but it keeps the water vapor in the humid indoor air away from the cold surfaces inside the wall.
By installing a sheet of poly there you cut off that drying mechanism and water that finds its way into walls can stay there longer and do more damage.
Cryogenic biotechnology machinery spaceflight hardware and low temperature physics equipment are sometimes required to operate at extremely cold temperatures.
In very cold climates the use of polyethylene plastic vapor barriers between insulation and interior wallboard may be beneficial provided all air gaps into any wall and ceiling cavities are also blocked.
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Fiberglass insulation must stay dry to be effective.
Without a vapor barrier in place condensation inside the walls could ruin the.
The humid air is indoors and the dry air is outdoors.
Vapor barriers are sheets of plastic or other material placed on one side of insulation sheets.
In cold weather a sheet of poly on the interior side of a wall probably won t cause any problems.
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