Questions tagged [moisture]
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Hydrostatic Pressure Lifting LVP
LVP is about 9 months old, over a vapor barrier, on slab at grade I suspect hydrostatic pressure is the cause.
Can anything be done to salvage these floors? Will placing a dehumidifier make a ...
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Attic Moisture/Leaks onto ceiling
I've had slight moisture issues ever since the new roof was installed a couple of years ago. The ceiling in the bathroom was just painted and there's a water spot again. I have no idea what the ...
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Potential leaking window. How do I fix it?
Just noticed a big water stain on the top part of the blinds and water stains on the bottom left corner of the window casing after heavy rain. During a recent storm with blowing rain, the bottom left ...
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Does a bump out actually need a vented soffit?
I have a small kitchen bumpout with its own shingled roof. There's no ridge venting, obviously, like a typical roof would have, or anything like venting along the side of the house. The soffit is the ...
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What is the best way to eliminate High humidity levels in 1914 home
We have a dirt crawl space, we have placed vents on one side of house and an crawl space vent fan on the other to try and lower humidity, my kitchen cabinets are swelling and have mold, I have ...
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Do I have a moisture problem in my ceiling?
We recently finished renovating an upstairs bathroom, which included relocating a shower. As part of that, minor water damage occurred to the ceiling in the room below the bath. I have a moisture ...
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Would this subfloor condensation damage require extensive repair?
We had a home inspected and they noticed that the sub-floor is web near the duct registers where they lack proper insulation. I am curious if adding insulation and drying the wood be enough to repair ...
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Why is the area under our retaining walls wet when there has been no rain?
Recently, I have noticed moisture accumulating under the relatively new retaining walls in our backyard each morning, as shown in these photos:
I've put drainage pipes and gravel behind the retaining ...
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Removable insulation for portable A/C in Florida
We live in a condo in Florida, where it is extremely humid and hot. We have central A/C, but I need the bedroom to be really cold at night, so we purchased a portable A/C for the bedroom (it is not ...
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Rain stains on bricks newly built appartement
After a few days of heavy rain, there are rain stains visible on the bricks of my recently built apartment. The wet stains are located directly below my upper neighbour’s terras. These stains didn’t ...
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How should I mitigate mold found in bathroom renovation?
We moved into our new house and have begun to renovate the bathroom. The bath that was there had been leaking, as well as the toilet. As expected - when we removed the plasterboard there was black ...
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Wall moisture damage by shower. Is water coming through the grout?
I recently patched this drywall and painted it because of previous water damage. I also redid the grout you see in the picture.
In the picture, you can see how the grout (Ultracolor Plus FA) looks ...
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Reroofing with TechShield vs plain OSB over existing wood planks - moisture concerns
I have a question about the use of TechShield (OSB with an attached foil radiant barrier) versus using plain OSB in a reroofing project in Southern California.
Due to budget constraints, the ...
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How to Address Moisture in Corner of Mudroom?
I moved into my new home relatively recently, and it has a lower "mud room" entrance under my main stairs that I've been tidying up (not looking to finish it, but make it more presentable). ...
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How do I (fairly cheaply) fix an uneven & somewhat broken apart basement floor?
My basement floor is somewhat uneven and damaged. Small chunks broken off, areas where there's dips and chunks missing, etc. Possibly some moisture damage as well? There were definite major moisture/...
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Remove muntins from old sidelight windows?
So I own a home that came with all the typical builder-grade materials and I’m now working on replacing my interior trim. I went to case out my front door and sidelight windows as a single unit, but ...
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Should the shower valve inside the wall ever get wet?
I suspect a leak inside a shower wall in my new rental because of the crumbling drywall on the very bottom and high moisture meter readings. The plumbers came in and opened the wall and found no ...
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How bad is this bathroom fan duct setup?
Bought a house about 9 months ago. Largely been good, but we've been having issues with the bathroom ventilation fan dripping moisture back down after longer/hotter showers, and generally not doing a ...
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Grout still "wet" days after regrouting
Looking for a bit of a sanity check and make sure I'm not overthinking this.
We had issues with a crack in our grout and mold. So we hired somebody to come and regrout the entire shower floor. But ...
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How to solve water pooling in crawl space?
Recently was told that we are having a lot of water pool underneath our house. A friend of a friend came too look and told us that we need a crawl space system drain on 3 sides of the house and a sump ...
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How does stucco waterproofing work?
(Note: Context is 1929 house in the Bay Area. I think this may be different than stucco in other places?)
If I understand correctly, stucco is water permeable and a water barrier is installed between ...
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Drilled anchor holes in drywall far enough to hit metal on external wall, concerned about moisture getting in
Was trying to hang a curtain rod but hit metal on external wall. Super sensitive to mold and worried moisture will now come in.
What do I do? Is latex caulk or spackling enough to seal off potential ...
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I am in the process of converting an uninsulated block industrial building into my residence. Any suggestions based on my proposed wall assembly?
On the border of US Climate Zones 4 and 5, the building is slab on grade and interestingly has 2 slabs, one on top of the other with a plastic barrier between them as illustrated. The existing ...
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How to seal indoor rendering?
I'm working on making my chimney hearth nice. But before and after plastering, it appears that there is moisture coming through on part of the rendering. I realise I can't go further until this is ...
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Vapor barrier in crawlspace is stapled to the top of the space and not on the bottom
I just got a house that has a vapor barrier installed to the top of crawl space on the bottom of the insulation (image attached).
I live in the wet part of the PNW and was wondering if this is ...
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Steel basement beam rusting [closed]
We supply steel beams in Western NY and we apply a structural steel primer to all beams. We have a customer who has beams that are rusting in a basement. The beams have been in place for 3-4 years, ...
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Raising floor in bathroom from concrete subfloor for vinyl sheet finish
I have a concrete bathroom floor where I want to install new fully waterproof vinyl at a finished height of 1/2 inch to bring it level with the hall floor and make it feel less like walking directly ...
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Need Help with Bathroom Exhaust Fan/Vent
I have a bathroom exhaust fan that is not working. It seems to be a light/fan combo unit (see below pictures). The fan use to turn on when the light was turned on, but it's no longer functioning. The ...
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Risk of mold between plywood panel and window
I built a wood panel with a window sill to block the bottom half of a window. The window sash is made of two frames that split the window about halfway. The window and sash are built with a small ...
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Fixing root cause of wet garage drywall
I have a detached, at or above grade garage with a concrete slab floor and sheetrocked, insulated walls.
I noticed some moisture on the drywall during pre-purchase inspection last fall, but it's ...
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Is it safe to use 'space blankets' over loose fill insulation in an attic?
My townhouse has a small attic area over a bedroom (and another inaccessible space over another room). The attic space is on the south side of the building and there is a lot of heat gain in the ...
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Is it safe to put thin insulation board on the bottom of joists in crawlspace?
My townhouse has a partial lower level and partial crawlspace of dirt. Rooms with crawlspace under get pretty cold in winter. There is some un-faced (I think) fiberglass roll insulation tucked up ...
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Moisture damage in exterior wall - trying to figure out cause/remedy
So we moved a mattress that was covered in plastic sheeting and had been there since the summer leaning against the wall and discovered this. The plastic sheeting had water on it as well.
A couple ...
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Discolored bedroom ceiling
We returned home after the holidays and saw that the ceiling in our upstairs bedroom has been discolored. I checked with the moisture meter and it showed a "100% wet" reading, but only in a ...
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Do I need to worry about this discoloration on my wall?
This has been discoloring over years. Obviously it’s where the insulation ends and the drywall is exposed in the attic space. I know nothing about home stuff… how serious is this? Of note, it is not ...
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Terminating wall perpendicular to an unfinished outside wall
I have unfinished framing that runs perpendicular to an outside wall, which is a cinder block foundation.
I think terminating drywall against another surface (such as wood or brick) which is interior ...
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How can I close and seal holes in my foundation?
I'm facing a challenging situation with my house and need some advice. I'm new to this, so bear with me as I provide the details:
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Foundation Holes: The front of our house has ...
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Should humidity levels in my attic be the same as outdoors?
In my attic should the moisture level be the same as outside? I’m in Canada so what should the moisture levels be during the seasons?
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Vaulted kitchen ceiling but now have moisture between roof and insulation. Possible cause and remedy? [closed]
We're re-doing our kitchen and decided to vault the ceiling. Previously, above the ceiling there was a good amount of attic space but now the insulation is right up against the inside of the roof, and ...
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Vapor Barrier possibly concealing leaks [closed]
Vapor barrier concealing leaks
Hey there! I could really use some advice on those that have plastic sheeting in their ceilings. We just moved into a 1970s socal home in June.
We have had numerous ...
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Does this look like mold? (Mold test negative)
Recently had a mold test come back negative, despite me pulling a sample from white discolored crawlspace floor joist wood that is very close to an outside opening.
I was pretty confident this was ...
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What moisture content reading do I need to wait for before tiling on a sceed floor?
We've recently had an anhydrite liquid screed floor laid in our house. We are now waiting for it to dry before porcelain floor tiles are laid (over a decoupling layer).
There is some disagreement ...
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How should I go about troubleshooting this brown spot that appeared on my master bathroom ceiling?
This brown spot recently appeared on our master bathroom ceiling.
This is a second floor ceiling. The attic is above this room.
The HVAC is in the attic above this room. It's not directly over it, ...
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How to insulate Rim Joist with no sill plate?
I recently had an energy audit/blower door test on my 1963 single-story ranch home in SE Michigan. They noted a lot of air infiltration along the baseboards, and recommended pro sprayfoaming the rim ...
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I have 19/32 Plywood subfloor screwed to floor joists. Can I add a MLV and floating OSB subfloor before installing LVP?
I am rebuilding the floor of a living room/dining room and am down to the plywood subfloor. I want to reduce noise transmission to the basement while keeping a low maintenance, low-ish budget solution....
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Old garage conversion to ADU: insulation question
I have a 2 x 4 framed garage. Years ago I insulated it with R13 fiberglass batts. Then I wrapped the whole garage in 1 inch EPS (R4), and put T1-11 over it. This worked just fine when it was a shop....
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How do I properly finish basement without framing?
Here is the issue: we have an unfinished laundry room and an unfinished closet. I would like to finish both of them. We are in a wet/moisture climate (Wisconsin). I am trying to do this without ...
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Is our subfloor dry enough to lay hardwood flooring on?
we live in a coastal town in the NE and we are getting ready to lay hardwood floors. Some rooms, the lauan was not in good shape due to pulling up prior floor, so we pulled that up, but other rooms, ...
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Do you need a subfloor over insulated concrete?
I'm having a house built, and I was discussing the floor in the basement with the builder. I thought I was going to use LVP over a subfloor, but the builder says they no longer put subfloors over ...
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Do I need a vapor barrier under drywall in my unfinished garage?
I’ve got an attached unfinished garage and laundry room. I’d like to put something on the walls to attach shelves to sort out my mess of stuff and to convert the space into a more usable workshop.
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