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    Bails is offline Apprentice (new member)
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    Default Sarking

    Hi all and G'Day

    The one that must be obayed and I are doing a reno on a 1952 house.

    We are removing all the Masonite & putting in celing & wall insulation then Gyprock.

    The question is who do we put in a moisture barriar with out removing the cladding.

    Cherrs

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    Bloss is offline Old Chippy - 4K Club Member
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    I sure would.
    Advice from me on this forum is general and for guidance based on information given by the member posing the question. Not to be used in place of professional advice from people appropriately qualified in the relevant field. All structural work must be approved and constructed to the BCA or other relevant standards by suitably licensed persons. The person doing the work and reading my advice accepts responsibility for ensuring the work done accords with the applicable law.

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    Compleat Amateu is offline Senior Member
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    Default Sarking from inside

    OK Bloss, and I don't wish to hijack another's thread ..... I have the same challenge in brick vener

    If you aren't going to remove the outside linings, whatever they are, how are you going to get sarking over the outside face of the wall framing?

    Perplexed .....

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    Buzzman is offline Apprentice (new member)
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    Hmmmmm. Tricky.
    As the brick ties will be in the way......

    What about doing strips of sarking vertically between the studs? Cut a little over length and staple the top to the underside of the top plate, then nail a short lenght of 2x1 over that to keep the sarking taught to the outer face.

    Piece of 2x1 for the bottom plate, and tension it by pulling on the 'tail' sticking out under the 2x1.

    Fiddly, but can't see what else you can do.....

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    r3nov8or is offline Love a reno - 1k club member
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    Concertina foil batts (Concertina FOIL BATTS - foil insulation - main page) are designed to be installed between studs for walls, joists for floors, rafters for roofs. They are more an insulator than a complete moisture barrier but are the best I can think of in this situation.

    They will also be all the wall insulation you will need.

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