I have a house that a portion of it is built on a slab, I took the
carpet off of the floor to tile this room. the carpet was wet along the
wall line. Now with just bare slab water is forming and it is coming
from the inside of the T-111, more in the corners. Coming down the wall
then coming into the house. The roof does not leak and there is no man
made item that could creat this problem, such as anything to do with
water. No base boards, washer,waterpipes ect --------nothing not even
under the slab. The house is insulated with 3 1/2" of insulation from
the 60's, could it be that the insulation has flattened out ant is not
working properly?
The wall are 2/4 construction 16" center. It was just recently caulked
and painted and was re shingled last year. Can anybody help???????/

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I have a house that a portion of it is built on a slab, I took the
carpet off of the floor to tile this room. the carpet was wet along the
wall line. Now with just bare slab water is forming and it is coming
from the inside of the T-111, more in the corners. Coming down the wall
then coming into the house. The roof does not leak and there is no man
made item that could creat this problem, such as anything to do with
water. No base boards, washer,waterpipes ect --------nothing not even
under the slab. The house is insulated with 3 1/2" of insulation from
the 60's, could it be that the insulation has flattened out ant is not
working properly?
The wall are 2/4 construction 16" center. It was just recently caulked
and painted and was re shingled last year. Can anybody help???????/

Odds are, something ain't flashed right on the outside, and water is getting
in up high and traveling down the back of the t1-11, then coming in under
the sill plate. If the outside wall is tall, like a gable end, did they use
Z-flashing between the panels, or just stack them? Is there a cap over the
window holes?

And did you check the outside grade, to make sure water isn't ponding
outside the wall? Is there a proper stub foundation wall, or is the sill
plate right on a flat slab? If the sill is on a flat slab, it'll never be
right. Best you can do in that case is add outside flashing and drainage at
the sill level. I looked at a house like that when house shopping- actually
had dirt outside the siding above the slab level. There should be at least
4-6 inches of exposed concrete at grade level below the bottom of the
siding, at minimum. 8-12 inches is better.

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This is not a gable wall, it is the front and back wall, and they both
have a two foot overhangs, that is totally sealed. the roof is new and
there is no sign of moisture on the top plates, it starts below the top
plate and is on the inside side of the tar paper, hitting the top of
the bottom plate and then ging onto the slab.-----Weird huh?
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I have a house that a portion of it is built on a slab, I took the
carpet off of the floor to tile this room. the carpet was wet along the
wall line. Now with just bare slab water is forming and it is coming
from the inside of the T-111, more in the corners. Coming down the wall
then coming into the house. The roof does not leak and there is no man
made item that could creat this problem, such as anything to do with
water. No base boards, washer,waterpipes ect --------nothing not even
under the slab. The house is insulated with 3 1/2" of insulation from
the 60's, could it be that the insulation has flattened out ant is not
working properly?
The wall are 2/4 construction 16" center. It was just recently caulked
and painted and was re shingled last year. Can anybody help???????/

Odds are, something ain't flashed right on the outside, and water is getting
in up high and traveling down the back of the t1-11, then coming in under
the sill plate. If the outside wall is tall, like a gable end, did they use
Z-flashing between the panels, or just stack them? Is there a cap over the
window holes?

And did you check the outside grade, to make sure water isn't ponding
outside the wall? Is there a proper stub foundation wall, or is the sill
plate right on a flat slab? If the sill is on a flat slab, it'll never be
right. Best you can do in that case is add outside flashing and drainage at
the sill level. I looked at a house like that when house shopping- actually
had dirt outside the siding above the slab level. There should be at least
4-6 inches of exposed concrete at grade level below the bottom of the
siding, at minimum. 8-12 inches is better.

aem sends...