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Should we be spray foaming around boxes - doesn't address VB breaks but probably helps insulate.Tuck Tape® Sheathing Tape is CCMC approved and has a high shear adhesive that provides aggressive contact, provides strong and durable holding power, is water and moisture resistant, while preventing air infiltration.Ĭlear polypropylene tape keeps your epoxy pours in place, or can be used to line epoxy molds to make demolding easier.
If the new outlet boxes and the old abandoned boxes are left as gaps in the vapour barrier do I even bother insisting that they re-connect/tape the vapour barrier behind the baseboard location with the drywall was removed? In a retrofit, is there a way to use the outlet box vapour barrier boot thingys, or since it's really impossible to retape those joints, do I just accept that I have many large breaks in the vapour barrier? What is realistic to expect my contractor to do with respect to taping VB joints in this rewire? For starters,there is a 4 inch Strip of drywall that is been removed at the baseboard level across the length of the room to run wire to the new outlets, there are also new outlet box locations on exterior walls that have been cut out ( through the existing vapour barrier ). I'm wondering what's possible with respect to preserving and repairing the vapour barrier on my exterior walls that were impacted by the retrofitting. We are installing new outlets on some exterior (insulated) walls of our second floor as part of a aluminum to copper rewire.
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