thank you,
Renee Cherry
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we recently tiled our screened-in back porch. it has been several days since it was layed beause the holiday and such. since then I have noticed that every morning I go out to the back porch there is dew that has formed on top of our ungrouted tile. is there a problem and why is this happening? our tile is rated for cold and warm weather. any comments would be greatly apreciated.
thank you,
Renee Cherry
thank you,
Renee Cherry
I'm not a tiler, you may want to try the tiling section here at BV too.
My guess would be it's acting like a vapour barrier.
Any place where you have cold meeting warm air you'll get condensate, that is when airs water as a gas state (vapor) meets a cold front will turn to a liquid state you know like morning dew.
You've probably heard of vapor barriers which is a sheet plastic between the warm & cold in a wall system.
Your tile being on the arm side is meeting the cool air and creating a dew type effect. Insulating the floor, and placing a vapor barrier on the proper side south & north are different you may be able to stop the reaction?
BUT, that is just an educated guess, have a local insulation conmtractor check it out and like I said try the tiling section too. ;)
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My guess would be it's acting like a vapour barrier.
Any place where you have cold meeting warm air you'll get condensate, that is when airs water as a gas state (vapor) meets a cold front will turn to a liquid state you know like morning dew.
You've probably heard of vapor barriers which is a sheet plastic between the warm & cold in a wall system.
Your tile being on the arm side is meeting the cool air and creating a dew type effect. Insulating the floor, and placing a vapor barrier on the proper side south & north are different you may be able to stop the reaction?
BUT, that is just an educated guess, have a local insulation conmtractor check it out and like I said try the tiling section too. ;)
Alter Eagle Construction & Design
http://www.altereagle.com/ | Construction & Design | http://decks-ca.com/ | Decks, California outdoor living | http://kingofcrown.com/ | Molding and finishing | http://installcrown.com/ | Crown tutorial
