Last weekend I decided to go ahead and hang some of the vapor barrier for the garage. The plastic came in an 8'6" x 100' roll that comes in a box about 2.5' long. The garage wall is 24" x 7"6"; a challenge when you are doing the job by yourself. To add to the challenge, the garage floor was covered with water from the snow meltage coming in thru the overhead garage door. I didn't want the plastic to get wet while I was hanging it.
I came up with a method that worked well for me. First, I decided I needed to hang at least two pieces of overlapping plastic instead of trying to hand 24' all at once. I measured from the back corner to the low-slung beam and cut the plastic.to that length.
I unfolded the plastic to the first fold, then taped the rest of the folds together at the open end.
Next I taped the corners next to the open end to make sure the insides plastic didn't slide out.
I placed a 6 foot ladder near the ceiling beam and draped the long end over it to keep it out of the water. Using a stp stool I was able to staple the plastic to the ceiling corner and then work my way across the top of the wall. After I was done stapling, I untaped the bottom, and let it unfold. I stapled down along every stud, then cut off the excess at the bottom. I did the same for the rest of the wall.
The system worked very well for verticle plastic hanging, but I didn't dare tackle the ceiling by myself, but felt good that I could accomplish that much myself.
You are great evidence for believing the old saw, "Where there's a will there's a way." It makes a mother proud!
Posted by: Cop Car | February 23, 2014 at 08:44 AM