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Moisture Leaking Through Wall?

 07/22/2006 03:36 PM ntrainer
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basement humidity

07/22/2006 04:54 PM Billhart Moderator
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Basement Humidity

07/22/2006 07:38 PM ntrainer
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Proves my point

07/23/2006 12:50 AM Billhart Moderator

Your experience just might prove my point.

I am guessing that you installed Delta-FL, Dricore, Subflor, or something similar.

That are a plastic wafle with an plywood or osb subfloor over it to which the hardwood floor is installed.

If that is the caes then the moist air can might get under the plastic and condense. However, it is being isolated from the concerete to the wood.

In the wall, unless it is sealed PERFLECTLY air will get behind the DW. The DW helps insulate foundation so that it would be even cooler behind the DW. But then the condensation can wet the DW on the back.

It then tries to evaporate, but place that it is covered up it doesn't.

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07/23/2006 06:48 AM ntrainer
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relative humidity

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