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Posted by Graven Water on June 24, 2008, 5:46 pm
Lou writes:
> try this. Put down some corn starch or flour before a rain is
> predicted. Sprinkle
> it a little more than lightly in the direction of the grain of the
> wood, but in
> both directions. during and after a rain watch for the flour to soak
> up the water
and follow the moister.
That's a nice idea, but it doesn't get that wet. Just damp enough
to stain the wood dark.
Most of the areas that were stained dark this morning when it was
72% humidity are now the same color as the rest of the wood, and
the humidity is 62%. So there really is not a lot of moisture in
there, if it could evaporate in a few hours!
I could check out my theory that moisture that got trapped in the
floor months ago might still be wicking out, by seeing whether the
areas get dark when it's just very humid, but not raining.
I'm trying to avoid having to cut a window in the drywall to check
if the heater vent pipe is dripping. I'm skeptical that could be
the reason, because the darkened areas start several inches from the
wall. And the darkened areas are about the length of my bike, and
under where I put it.
Also, if it can evaporate away in a few hours, it would seem weird
for the water to be traveling along the tongue and groove channel -
because that would happen more if there was a lot of water.
I got sick last December, and I stayed sick for 5 months, I was on
antibiotics for sinusitis, sinus ct scan, etc.; but the final verdict
was "it's allergies".
I'm only feeling somewhat better because of a strong steroid nasal
spray.
I'm terribly allergic to mold, and the first thing I thought back in
December, was that letting snow melt from my bike tires soak into
the floor day after day is not a good idea. I was going out on my
bike in the snow every day; I didn't do this every day in previous
years. Possibly that started a mold colony somewhere :(
Laura
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