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Default Water underneath attic vapour barrer. Need help

On Mar 16, 5:31*pm, wrote:
* Do you have a ceiling exhaust fan ? If so , is it venting into your
attic or out the roof or eave vent ? If there is a fan exhausting or
even leaking into the attic , your pumping warm humid air into a cold
attic causing moisture . That is a no no ! If this isn't the problem ,
you either have a roof leak ( possibly ice damming ) or your house is
so tight you have a moisture problem . Humidifiers can cause this if
the house can't breathe . Just a couple sugestions to start
investigating . Hope it helps .


I think I hit the wrong post button. Anyway, what I was saying, is
that the water is under the barrier against the celing material. I
did have a lot of ice on the roof, so much that it had forced its way
under the shingles and made the wood panels wet. This however dried
up within two days of me clearing the ice. I'm so confused because
the insulation is not wet. It's only wet way down deep where it meets
the vapour barrier. I do have a vented microwave that goes out the
roof through the attic, but this duct is insualted.