This Cracker wants to Poly! Vapour barrier detail is Leo’s game.

Leo has to be the fastest staple gun in the west. He was applying acoustical caulking (referred to as “black death”) and stapling the vapour barrier on all of the load points and other areas that foam will not be applied. It was a pleasure to watch him fly around at great speed while still producing a quality job. I had intended to “fan door test” his work unfortunately I forgot the equipment at home. Had I been able to do this test where I would have depressurize the house to a significant negative pressure, I would get a measured result to see how well Leo really did. The R2000 Standard is 1.5 Air Changes per Hour at 50 Pascals negative pressure. I intend to do this fan door test numerous times over the next couple of weeks to identify any missed spots with the caulking, vapour barrier and / or foaming. When I built my Burnaby R2000 house in 1983 I did this blower door test 4 times during the insulation / drywall stage…..it was very educational and rewarding finding areas that were missed and then fixing them. Over the last 27 winters we have never spent over $100. a year to heat our Burnaby home. I want this house to exceed the standard and to be extremely air tight …… it will be!