Here's the background: Bought a house where they knocked down a wall into the garage to build a breakfast nook. 8x6 approx. Here's the problem: The wood/vinyl tile floor has rotted against the wall closest to the garage. The drywall is also showing signs of water/mositure damage. It's time to repair and add ceramic tiles to the floor. Here's the question: I'm double checking the insulation used in the wall between garage and room. Want to replace it and replace the drywall. Since there appears to be damage related to moisture I was thinking of using a vapor barrier. I just don't know what side the vapor barrier should go on - the outside in the garage or the inside under the drywall, or both? Your comments would be greatly apprecated. By the way, I live in a Buffalo NY in the cooler climate regions. Thanks

Hello.. I recently moved into what appears to be a former crack den. Yeah, you read that right. I know the landlord, and I needed a place quick, and he had just evicted the previous tenants. Apparently they weren't too happy about it, and they managled and/or destroyed as much of the place as they could on their way out. All light fixtures were ripped out, phone lines torn apart, plumbing destroyed, wiring cut, etc, etc, etc.. I've since got everything working, and I'm starting to actually rebuild the place. First off, it's extremely old. It's in center city Philadelphia, and it was built long before the power grid. There's gas lines running into each room (non-functional), some complete with gas light spigots. Anyway, my first real project with this place is the living room. The walls are cement, and were wallpapered over at least a dozen times, and finally covered with white texture paint and gold glitter. (no one ever said crack dens were good with taste) I've managed to remove all the wallpaper, after endless hours of spraying and scrapping. Now that I'm looking at bare concrete, I want to insulate (at least somewhat), and sheetrock. Since this is a living room, what are my options for installing over cement walls? I'd previously planned on just installing hat-channels with a masonry nail-gun, and framing from there, but I'm not sure how well that's going to work once I get to the windows + the radiators.. Any thoughts/comments/ suggestions? (other than moving out ;) I'll try and get some 'before' pictures as soon as I can. This place is just pretty amazing.