Originally Posted By: jmyers This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
On top of that, I got a really big kick out of the DOE statement where they recommend the insulation be installed. I think that was a few issues ago in smart home owner magazine.
Originally Posted By: jmyers This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Jeff,
If the vapor barrier on the insulation would have stated that, the DOE would be revising their standards for insulating a crawl space right about now! 
Originally Posted By: rstephens This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I see the insulation upside down all the time. It makes you wonder where they learned to read. People laugh when I tell them the insulation was not installed correctly especially when I tell them it plainly says it on the vapor barrier.
Originally Posted By: Larry L Leesch This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
While I will be the first to tell you to install any material per manufacturers recommendations, the thinking on the moisture barrier is going to be changing. I know I haven’t introduced myself here but I work for a home builder in Texas and I am the QAP and proceedures guy.We are building fairly high tech homes- far and above the average home. For you folks up north you would want the moisture barrier to the living area to keep moisture in and to keep ice crystals out of the wall cavity. Down south, retained moisture in a home equals mold. Up north the use of plastic film as a moisture barrier is sometimes used. Down south that same install will kill a house. Correct install would be with the moisture barrier to the outside.
Originally Posted By: jmyers This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Joe F.
Sorry, that was me that took this off topic. It reminded me of an article in smart homeowner magazine which has the insulation stapled to the top of the floor, running down the crawl space wall and lapping onto the floor over the moisture barrier.
Probably be the last method that I would use to hang insulation in a crawl space. 
Of course I could not tell the whole story, or I would have given away the answer to the QOD!
Originally Posted By: rpasquier This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
jmyers wrote:
Joe F.
Sorry, that was me that took this off topic. It reminded me of an article in smart homeowner magazine which has the insulation stapled to the top of the floor, running down the crawl space wall and lapping onto the floor over the moisture barrier.
Probably be the last method that I would use to hang insulation in a crawl space. 
Of course I could not tell the whole story, or I would have given away the answer to the QOD!
Joe Myers
I for one thought it was a fun little detour, it reminded me of my little story, which reminded him, which went on. I thought it was great fun...
Remember that phrase?