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No condensation on walls until I insulated the ceiling.The walls are wet on the inside. I have a ridge vent and a propane direct vented moniter heater. I partically insulated the walls and the wall is wet under the insulation. I drilled holes through the top plate for ventilation to help Any ideas to stop this? I only have typar as a exterior covering right now. Is some condensation normal?

2007-01-14 13:34:02 · 2 answers · asked by recon605 1 in Home & Garden Maintenance & Repairs

2 answers

You may have insulated a little too well! Believe it or not, a house does need to breathe a little. Do you have insulated windows? Doors? etc.?

If you have a humidifier on your furnace? If so, turn down your humidistat NOW! Better yet turn off the water to it.

Next, crack a window in the room, (just a little bit... It doesn't need to be WIDE open).

Next step, tomorrow buy a DE-humidifier. Get that moisture out of the air! Mold is the LAST thing you want behind your walls!

GOOD LUCK!

2007-01-14 14:38:04 · answer #1 · answered by Matty A 3 · 0 0

Winter inside a house is a desert. No water in the air period!!! Given you dont have a overactive humidifier.

You probably have a hole in your firetubes of that propane heater. Remember, the products of combustion are WATER and C02 and Mono. So check that immediately.

2007-01-14 22:23:21 · answer #2 · answered by James M 6 · 0 0

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