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Posted by saag on September 24, 2006, 7:43 pm
Still looking for ideas what to use to cover the hole.
empress2454@wowway.com wrote:
> the most important thing here is air flow, right now you only have 1
> hole, so if the wind is blowing in it can't go out, as long as there
> are other vents the problem should dissapear.
>
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> saag wrote:
> > Let me add that I'm not sure it's mold vs a fungus vs ....9whatever)
> >
> > The addition is actually 20x20 - we took down the original old 20x10
> > addition & pushed it back 10 more feet. We left the original cinder
> > block wall standing. The portion under the old 20x10 addition (i.e
> > inside the cinder block wall) doesn't show any moisture even though it
> > doesn't have any ventilation other than a 2x2 foot section was broken
> > out so I could get from the new part to the old part.
> >
> >
> > saag wrote:
> > > Peeked under the 20x10 addition we had added last month.
> > >
> > > ~2 feet of cement board was used to seal off the addition from the
> > > oustide.
> > > It has a stucco coat on top of it. There's one 2ft x 2ft access door
> > > that uses vinyl siding
> > > as a face. The siding is the perforated (small circles) kind to let
> > > air flow in.
> > > That door is by the steps, on the left side wall if you were looking at
> > > it from the back wall.
> > >
> > > There is no other ventilation slots.
> > >
> > > When I looked under there today, the blue styrofoam board that's nailed
> > > to the foundation beams was soaked in moisture and dripping. Te back
> > > wall uses 4 concrete forms with a flat 2x12 on top of them and 3 2x12's
> > > on their edge supporting the floor beams.
> > >
> > > The flat 2x12 had a lot of mold on it. I took a bucket of hot water &
> > > bleach & crawled under & scrubbed it.
> > >
> > > What could I use to add more ventialtion? I was thinking of trying to
> > > find 16" return vent duct covers, cut out a hole in the cement board
> > > and just screw them into the studs. Woudl that work? Any other
> > > suggestions?
> > > thanks
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