Questions tagged [moisture]
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Would insulating a basement wall with XPS and reflective insulation create a moisture problem?
I'm in Massachusetts (ICC 2015 w/ mods) and want to finish my basement walls. I'm thinking about using a combination of 2" XPS, 1x2s horizontal 24" OC, Reflectix (double reflective ...
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Upper Floor Window Condensation Issues - HRV?
We live in a 2 level home with basement in central washington. The winters average 20-36 degrees Fahrenheit with humidity levels of 70-99%. Summers are fairly warm to hot with lower RH.
Our issue is ...
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Installing a sump pump to reduce relative air humidity
I have a damp basement. There are really no big water issues because the house sits on sloped terrain, it's just damp and musty. I've been running a de-humidifier, but that doesn't seem to be taking ...
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Basement moisture on foundation issues
After taking all sheet-rock down I noticed that all walls (cement block) siting under ground are moist. Some of them even ate through footers. After farther look at the house I found out that their is ...
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Is this a water leak or condensation in the wall around my dryer vent?
I pulled my dryer out yesterday to clean the vent and tubing. When I moved the dryer I noticed what looked like a huge wet stain around the vent connection that leads to my attic. There appears to be ...
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Surfactant bleed through
I have a bathroom in our 1930's house that doesn't have an exhaust fan...and two teenage boys who take ridiculously long steamy showers. We had some mold issues on the ceiling, and some of the ceiling ...
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Should I put a vapor barrier under metal framing in a basement?
I will be framing out my basement with steel so the bottom track will be on the concrete slab.
Is it required to put some sort of vapor barrier between the slab and the track? I couldn't find anything ...
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Vapor barrier on heated entertainment shed
i am building an 8x10 entertainment shed with a loft for kids to hang out and have sleepovers in, i will be heating it. I have tyvek and t1-11 it is on 4x4 skids on top of the Concrete patio and has 3/...
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Do I need to let my basement subfloor breathe?
I live in a mostly cold environment and I’m planning to finish my basement floor with standard interlocking foam tiles (with a slight rigid texture) for underlayment (soft/insulated) topped with roll-...
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Replacing moldy drywall
We recently purchased a lake house and found moldy framing and drywall. The removed drywall had a black backing on it, similar to felt paper. This part of the wall is sub-grade with wood (gc 2x6’s) ...
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Basement ceiling
I'm finishing my 50 year old basement and need advice regarding the 6'x4' ceiling area (which is actually a cement slab from the front porch). It drops down 2" lower than the rest of the ceiling. The ...
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Any benefit to air sealing fixture boxes in cathedral ceiling? If so, ideal method?
New house. We have a cathedral ceiling. Foam vent baffles from eave to ridge, r-38 fiberglass (unfaced), sheetrock.
Most of the lights in the ceiling are LED puck lights that have a built in gasket ...
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Raising a sunken living room floor and concerned about moisture under new raised floor
I am raising a sunken living room floor but have some concerns about possible moisture problems under this raised floor. Here is what I have.
A 1979 typical ranch style. It is roughly a 16 x 20 ...
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placing a tile on an old plank floor
The subfloor in my home is 4" planks. The previous owner removed the hardwood, painted the flooring and left it that way (I have no idea why you would do that).
Regardless I want to put down tile. ...
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Reducing moisture from semi-finished basement concrete floor
I'm looking for advice for a good way to reduce moisture seepage through my basement concrete floor.
My research has turned up several promising approaches:
Surface-only treatments
Specialty paints
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Unfinished basement in Georgia townhome; would vapor barrier on interior trap moisture?
I have a town house that is a middle unit on a slab. The back wall is above grade, with exterior windows and door. The sidewalls abut adjacent units, so there is no wall in contact with soil for the ...
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Water/ moisture coming through patched concrete hole in basement floor
We had our walls braced last summer and the basement guys had to drill holes in the floor to push the walls back in to place. They patched up the holes with concrete and I've noticed a few times (...
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What are some ways of controlling moisture in the crawlspace?
I live in Los Angeles. I have a vented crawlspace. The vents are about 6" x 15" or so. I have about one every 6' or so along the walls of the house. The floor of the crawlspace is dirt.
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Mold on my One Month Old?
Moved in my newly built Wisconsin house in the first week of November. It's a raised ranch with unfinished full walkout basement. Insulation is fiberglass batting with 4mil poly over external wood ...
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How effective is elevated concrete for insulating moisture?
I am replacing a boiler in my basement and the contractor told me it will be better for the new boiler if he build an elevated concrete platform on which the new boiler will sit. He says this will ...
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Moisture on crawlspace dirt/clay floor
Our house has a damp/musty smell to it when you first enter. Once you open a window/door the smell usually dissipates. In May (Chicago-land) the humidity in the house is about 30% upstairs and 40% in ...
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Combatting moisture in crawl space after venting window is sprayed with insulation?
I had a crawl space (top left) in my house which had a 12"x6" venting window. There is a room above the crawl space, so I decided to spray the walls of the space with closed-cell foam insulation which ...
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How can I add more insulation to my finished attic walls without trapping moisture
I have a finished attic that has a kneewall insulated with fiberglass batts, insulation facing in. The batts fill the depth of the wall cavity completely to the end of the stud, there's no more room ...
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Should I redo my house wrap that is under the sheathing?
When my house was built, the builder put the Tyvek wrap on the frame of the house, then installed the sheathing and then installed the siding. I am about to have my siding replaced and one of the ...
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What should be considered when updating wall assembly in only one section of a wall?
Background: We live in a 1920s two-story foursquare home in New England. The house has painted wood shakes/shingles siding on the second story, and wood clapboard siding on the first story. We will ...
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Mildew around window retrofit inserts
Some of the windows in our house have mildew around the replacement window inserts (~18 years old). Mostly at the bottom. The original frames were aluminum, the inserts of course are PVC.
The ...
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Possible moisture issue with partial insulation of unheated garage
I live in a zone 5 area in Ohio in a house build in the 60s. The garage is 20x20, attached to the house on two sides and shares a roof with the house. Current garage isn't insulated - the attic has ...
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Outside Sauna Build Moisture control any suggestions?
I am currently building an Octagon sauna that will double as a mobile bug out shelter that will be mounted on a trailer.
I'm putting the octagon on edge if you can imagine so that when viewed from ...
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Mystery of the wet internal door
I have a mystery and would like help solving it. I have an old original Victorian door in my house that gets a wet patch on it. It’s permanently wet / damp in the same area, although sometimes the ...
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Vapor barrier for crawl space
We have a home at Oak Island NC. Our home was built in the 70's. There were no mildew or mold problem until we had plastic put in our crawl space. After a few years we now have the mold problem so we ...
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Damp/Wet Corners with Mold in House
In the outer corners along the external walls of our house, and inside closets on external walls we are experiencing water and moisture gathering on the flooring and there is mold appearing on the ...
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Basement room + concrete foundation + drywall + moisture question
Basement + concrete foundation + drywall / moisture question: just got drywall glued to a small portion of concrete foundation in an unfinished basement room:
Should I have contractor remove these ...
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Ways to dry out space in wall or ceiling
I am installing recessed lighting into our living room.
The ceiling of the room is topped with a flat roof.
At one point, there were a handful of leaks in this roof that have since been repaired. ...
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Flex shield moist protection against fungus?
Contractors are currently replacing a wooden floor which had been bowing, and repainting a wall. Both were damaged as a result of a leaking air conditioning pipe in the wall.
I’ve expressed a ...
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Lining an in-ground container
I plan to dig a hole and put things in said hole. My problem is, some of the things that will be buried can't or shouldn't be directly exposed to the ground, either for their benefit or the Earth's. ...
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Carpet directly on basement concrete?
We're planning to carpet the basement in our 100-year-old house, which presently has a painted concrete floor. The floor happens to be quite uneven and seems to have been designed to channel water ...
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How to control moisture in home?
I shifted to my new flat recently.
I found that it's quite moist inside, due to new construction.
Any one have any idea how I can control humidity inside?
Not using any machines, but like Silica ...
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Drywall Type for Conditioned Basement
In my conditioned basement, should mold and moisture resistant drywall be used? I've read varying accounts, including use it everywhere, use it on the walls (but not ceiling), use it on the bottom row ...
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Should I spread lime in my crawlspace before laying moisture barrier?
The crawlspace is currently just earth. I'm going to be raking it, laying moisture barrier and then taping to seal.
Should I spread lime onto the earth before laying the barrier?
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What could be the source of this moisture?
I'm a little baffled here with the problem at hand -- we're seeing spots on our engineered wood flooring that appears to be moisture coming up from beneath but cant figure out the source of that ...
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Mold growth in home
My home is a mold catastrophe. My fiancé was sick for a year and we got an air quality test and it tested the highest level. I started ripping the house apart and found that there was mold in three ...
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How to paint a small bathroom with very poor ventilation?
Amateur here, just trying to do his best.
How to paint a small bathroom with very poor ventilation?
I imagine I'd want a paint that seals the paint behind it (which has been prone to a little mold), ...
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Do I need so many fasteners and an edge gap for a basement subfloor on concrete?
I'm getting ready to install subflooring in a residential basement, which currently has exposed concrete slab. The concrete is well-cured (50 years) with no moisture problems. The plan is to lay down ...
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Installing insulation board in basement to control moisture
I just had a basement waterproofing job done and it is doing an awesome job relieving pressure and keeping the basement flood-free (we just had a very large amount of rain here in central PA and it ...
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Bathroom Vanity wood getting damaged slowly
Anyway to stop this happening. I always use the fan when taking a shower still the top edge of the vanity wood is opening slowly. Anyway i can stop this and fix it ?
