J.H. -
I am in Lafayette, LA. We have a moderate to very warm climate here, and we have high humidity almost all of the time. I don't know what your typical weather conditions are, but down here putting continuous insulation on the inside face of the exterior wall studs would not be a very good idea. Almost guaranteed to create mold problems down here.
However, I have occasionally put structural sheathing on the inside face of exterior wall studs to get lateral structural stability and that seems to work quite well.
Because of our humidity issues, lots of common practices in northerly locations don't work for us.
Just sayin.
Knobbie Langlinais
d+b Architecture
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Norbert Langlinais AIA
AIA South Louisiana
Lafayette LA
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-15-2019 07:09
From: John Dickerson
Subject: Continuous Insulation
I'm currently working on continuous insulation wall details for a residential design and would prefer to keep the exterior sheathing against the studs for lateral structural design needs. Does anyone have experience with locating the CI on the interior side between the studs and gypsum wall board?
J.H. Dickerson, AIA
Dickerson Architecture
Monroe, NC