On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:28:10 GMT, Me wrote:


Hi all,

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I have a storage room that runs the length of the front of the house
under the porch. It's around 36' x 3' and has block walls.

I recently finished my basement (which this room shares a wall with) and
found a lot of dripping condensation on the corrugated steel ceiling in
the storage room. I posted here about it a while back and was told that
I needed to coat/insulate the metal on the ceiling that the concrete
porch pad was poured on.

Well... I went ahead and insulated that metal - coated it with the
greatstuff spray foam and set rigid foamboard insulation sheets under the
coating. Seems to have worked pretty well since I no longer have any
visible condensation - at times it was dripping in there like a
rainforest before I coated the ceiling.

While I was at it, I also thorosealed the walls - both the three under
grade and the one that borders the basement. The dashes in the wall
above represent an insulated steel door going from the storage area to
the basement.

Anyway, it's all done now, but the results weren't what I expected... I
put a humidity guage in there and while I don't see any visible water or
condensation, it's pretty much stuck around 90% humidity. In the
basement area it stays at around 50%-60%, but that goes up if I leave the
door to the storage area open.

Any idea what could be causing this? I need to get that number down so
that I can actually use that storage area for storage!

Thanks!!!

That sounds the ground is soaked, and the need for weeping tile along
the outside of the house, properly filled with drainage rock against
the brick. Also on the outside, it could be coated with a 'tar'
spray. This could be real expensive fix.

Do you have eavstroughs, that drain away from the house?

Check the ground around the house is not settled towards the house,
and slope it away.

Also, check for cracks in the floor, maybe moisture is coming up
through the floor.