How to insulate an interior wall between a warm humid bathroom and a cold bedroom

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We're redoing the master bath. I'm wondering if and how I should insulate the interior wall. Bedroom is kept at 60F. Bathroom will be warm (radiant floor) and humid even if we have and run vent fan.

Should I put insulation in wall? Standard fiberglass with vapor barrier on bathroom side? Foam board? Fiberglass w/o vapor barrier?

Best Answer

Given what you know about how you will heat the rooms differentially, insulation is good. I'd go with mineral wool (or fiberglass) since some sound isolation is often desirable between bedroom and bathroom and foam is not great at that application.

If you will be doing the bathroom walls with a moisture barrier no additional vapor barrier on the insulation is called for.