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Please someone help!!!! My main problem is in my kitchen along the entire
ceiling where it meets the wall there is moisture when it is very cold out only. It gets to where there are droplets on the ceiling. I also saw this in 2 other rooms , but very little spots. My second problem is my windows have A LOT!! of water condensation on them to the point where it leaves water on the sills and mold forms.I assume the 2 problems are related. I have a humidity gauge that usually reads in the lower 50's. The lowest I've seen it get is 48. And no I don't do anything out of the normal to be causing it . Yes, I have a bathroom vent, no kitchen vent and two big dogs. But, I am barely home and barely cook. I had a few people come out and take a look. Home Depot looked up in my crawl space and said I didn't need insulation (Have about 16-18") and that it was a ventilation problem. I have plenty of soffit vents.They did all these calculations and said that I had too much ridge vent and I should try closing two of the 3 off. So, I plugged some tarps into the 2 to see what would happen. You guessed it, nothing!. Another guy said he doesn't like the baffles. They are garbage and he would install pink (panther?) baffles and reblow the insulation to R38. He also said that where the moisture problem is along the ceiling the previous person must have pulled the insulation back to install the baffles and never hand rolled the inulation in which he would do. He also said he would guarantee his work on paper. This made sense for the kitchen ceiling problem, right?. A couple other guys just wanted to add more insulation. I wanted to check the problem out for myself to see if there was no insulation where the problems spots are. But, my house is a ranch and the roof is very low in the crawl space so how the hell do you get that close to the wall where the roof meets to check? Also, I don't want to compress the insulation thats already up there cause it was done last year. The windows are new gas filled. But, I held a kleenex along them on a very windy day and there are drafts. Could this be causing the moisture (bad windows)?. I will be more than happy to take any suggestions or answer any questions to help me out. Thanks a lot. |
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