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   Guest_ | Sep 06, 2000 04:37am | #7

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   My brother in-law and I are building a small poolside building (varanda?)
   Inside will be a dry sauna, toilet, storage, etc. I was thinking about using v-groove cedar siding inside instead of drywall and was wondering if I should use a vapor barrier behind it and also if it should be back-primed first. Thank you in advance for your words of wisdom! Al

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   Guest_ | Sep 03, 2000 08:08pm | #1

   *Alan, what's the rest of the wall composition going to be? Outside finish, stud walls, masonry, stucco, insulated, heated, A/C, location?Gabe

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   Guest_ | Sep 04, 2000 12:27am | #2

   *Gabe, WE got 2x4, insulated w/batts and vinyl siding. No AC, Thanks Al

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   Guest_ | Sep 04, 2000 01:13am | #3

   *Alan,You might want to rethink the A/C; it can get pretty warm in them saunas Bob

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   Guest_ | Sep 04, 2000 03:16am | #4

   *Hi Al,Yes to the VB and no to the back priming.Gabe

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   Ted_W | Sep 04, 2000 06:05am | #5

   *Listen to gabe. He speaks truth.

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   Guest_ | Sep 04, 2000 03:16pm | #6

   *Thanks Gabe!

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   Guest_ | Sep 06, 2000 04:37am | #8

   *My husband and I are looking at sauna kits vs. building one from scratch, and the vapor barrier commonly used in the kits is a kind of aluminum foil. The reasoning behind that is ( we asked) that plastic deterorates over time with that kind of heat, and that the aluminum foil reflects back into the sauna, etc. The same stuff is available from the people who make that bubble-wrap type insulation (one brand is called Reflectix). You might want to consider that.