3 Sep
2012
3 Sep
'12
1:36 p.m.
not a concreat foundation its made of ruble stone house was built in 1883
and the weeping tile still works quite well had it checked. i flush it out
when i flush the hot water tank out witch ur supost to be every year but no
one ever seems to
this region is nitorious for moisture problems in basements
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Pontus <pontus at update.uu.se> wrote:
On 09/03/2012 02:37 PM, Jason McBrien wrote:
If there is that much humidity, however,
something is wrong with your
mother's house. I'm guessing there are leaky windows that let in too much
outside air. Warm, humid air from the outside gets in, hits the cold
basement walls and condenses. You could replace the windows, or put plastic
over them to decrease the amount of outside air getting in.
If we set drainage aside, you have to look at more things than your
windows. One thing to realize is that concrete is far from water proof. You
can have a lot of humidity enter your basement through the floor and walls.
What you want to do is reverse the flow. You actually put insulation on the
outside of the house (yeah, you will have to dig up your house). Wrapping
the basement in plastic is a no-no, it will trap humid air and could
increase your problems.
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Cheers,
Pontus.
