Scripps Howard News Service Dear Dwight: My house was built in 1926 and has cinder-block walls in the basement. I would like to finish the walls with two-by-fours, insulate with a vapor barrier ...

Now the paint on the outside is blistering and someone told me this is because there is insulation in the walls with no vapor barrier ... avoid cutting through the top layer of veneer.

Especially in summer, a humid basement affects the air quality and comfort of your home. This is the ideal level of humidity ...

You cannot stop it without an expensive vapor barrier ... on top of the foundation. You will need to take off any rotted clapboards and sheathing first. As for insulation in the basement, use ...

After this, lay several inches of gravel to prevent water from rising into the basement floor. To prevent moisture from escaping upwards, follow this with a vapor barrier, the type used to prepare ...

He also laid oyster shells on top ... mil vapor barrier. Discard the rubber gloves, clean your tools with a mild bleach-and-water solution and launder your work clothes immediately. In a basement ...

Not to be confused with a vapor barrier—which is placed on the warm side of the wall just in front of the insulation and behind the drywall— a moisture barrier goes against the basement wall ...