> The one key rule that you should always follow is to have your water-impermeable layer on the warm side of the insulation.
This very much holds true in 99% of modern homes.. except if you build your entire wall breathable. That is how we did our walls. From inside to out:
- breathable paint. Lots of conventional options available. We made a really nice casein paint with low fat cottage cheese and lime paint as the main ingredients :-)
This very much holds true in 99% of modern homes.. except if you build your entire wall breathable. That is how we did our walls. From inside to out:
- breathable paint. Lots of conventional options available. We made a really nice casein paint with low fat cottage cheese and lime paint as the main ingredients :-)
- lime plaster. 1/3 slaked lime powder, 2/3 sand.
- 1.2m of straw
- lime plaster