Here you see the gasketing go from the bottom plate, up the partition stud, and it then climbs onto the top plate of the interior wall and continues around the room till it hits the partition stud, where it goes down and joins onto the bottom plate again. Think of it like an electrical circuit. For the most part, there shouldnt ever be any dead ends of gasketing, it should start at stop in continuity.
Gasketing on the partition stud stops air movement from the exerior wall to the partition wall, and gasketing at the top plate stops air movement from the attic to the interior wall, and vice versa depending on pressure differentials
Gasketing on the partition stud stops air movement from the exerior wall to the partition wall, and gasketing at the top plate stops air movement from the attic to the interior wall, and vice versa depending on pressure differentials
"We do the same thing but for a different purpose as well - sound deadening. It does not take much but if you hold that sheetrock off the stud there is less noise transfer." --weekend handyman, 01/29/10
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