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thanks Thank you all for the help. I think I need to read a bit more on the difference between vapor barriers and weather barriers. It seemed simple at first but now I don't feel completely comfortable. I'll look at the articles you suggested.

water barrier The garage sticks out over a hillside but is not merely standing on on stilts, it is is held up by cripple walls. The space I am converting is the hollow under the garage. I just built a floor over the hill in the empty space. The cripple walls have T111 siding on them but...

My house was build in 1972 and has tar paper behind T111 siding. I am in the process of building out some previously uninhabited space (basement area under the garage) and have noticed that the tar paper does not extend to this area. This is not surprising as the space was previously empty. I...

Does anybody know how to frame for a bathtub (built-in on three sides)? If it is a 5 foot do I frame the walls 5 ft apart so that the flange attatches to the studs and the wall board then slides over the flange? Or do I fame it 5' 1" and put the wall board up before I install the tub?