Moisture behind wall, how to fix?
 

I have a rental house I am re-doing the bathroom on and I have stripped out
the sheetrock and I find the lower edge of the wall is damp. The wood is
sound; this is slab on grade construction, with a stucco finish.

I suspect that the moisture is wicking up from outside.

So what is the fix? Some sort of trench gravel thing or just pour a small
concrete curb around the house?


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Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.

start by looking at the overall slope of the land. if thats the drainage
point, where everything slopes to, you need to fix that first.

randy

"Roger Shoaf" wrote in message
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I have a rental house I am re-doing the bathroom on and I have stripped out
the sheetrock and I find the lower edge of the wall is damp. The wood is
sound; this is slab on grade construction, with a stucco finish.

I suspect that the moisture is wicking up from outside.

So what is the fix? Some sort of trench gravel thing or just pour a small
concrete curb around the house?


--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube,
then
they come up with this striped stuff.

Roger Shoaf wrote:
I have a rental house I am re-doing the bathroom on and I have stripped out
the sheetrock and I find the lower edge of the wall is damp. The wood is
sound; this is slab on grade construction, with a stucco finish.

I suspect that the moisture is wicking up from outside.

So what is the fix? Some sort of trench gravel thing or just pour a small
concrete curb around the house?


If this is the newer synthetic stucco, it has caused serious
problems in many applications.
Do a GOOGLE for: EIFS + stucco + problems (or similar search).

Jim

"xrongor" wrote in message
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start by looking at the overall slope of the land. if thats the drainage
point, where everything slopes to, you need to fix that first.


This is a problem.

The lot is very flat. I don't have any puddles directly around the house
but all the soil is soggy.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.

"Speedy Jim" wrote in message
...
Roger Shoaf wrote:
I have a rental house I am re-doing the bathroom on and I have stripped
out
the sheetrock and I find the lower edge of the wall is damp. The wood
is
sound; this is slab on grade construction, with a stucco finish.

I suspect that the moisture is wicking up from outside.

So what is the fix? Some sort of trench gravel thing or just pour a
small
concrete curb around the house?


If this is the newer synthetic stucco, it has caused serious
problems in many applications.
Do a GOOGLE for: EIFS + stucco + problems (or similar search).

Jim

Not synthetic stucco, I have the real McCoy, three coat, put on by a guy
named Guido, stucco.