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Right - This rigid insulation is correctly installed in a level layer over aggregate; the seams will be taped
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Right – Workers pour the concrete for the basement floor slab over a vapor barrier installed over rigid foam.
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Right-Polyethylene sheeting is correctly installed over aggregate and taped to pillars and foundation wall
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The builder’s crews spray foam directly onto the ground to provide a vapor barrier and insulation layer under the slab.
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This Texas homes uses a slab foundation including a 4-in.-thick post-tensioned monolithic slab with turned-down edges poured over a 6-mil polyethylene vapor barrier and capillary break; slab edge insulation is not used due to termite risk.
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Wrong - Polyethylene sheeting should be lapped up sides of walls and pillars and taped