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Posted by mo on May 23, 2006, 3:03 pm
Hello all,
OK, 3 columns in basement. One of them
has leaking rust spots, 3 of them.
Bottom, middle and towards top,
Is the moisture seeping up from foundation
into center of column?
I live in an area where it floods in the street
about every 10 years. Thanks.
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Posted by Goedjn on May 23, 2006, 3:18 pm
>Hello all,
>OK, 3 columns in basement. One of them
>has leaking rust spots, 3 of them.
>Bottom, middle and towards top,
>Is the moisture seeping up from foundation
>into center of column?
>I live in an area where it floods in the street
>about every 10 years. Thanks.
>
It's extremely unlikely that there's water
coming up the lally columns. I'd
suspect condensation, unless there's
evidence of water damage to the overhead beam.
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Posted by mo on May 23, 2006, 4:20 pm
No damage to overhead beam.
Thanks
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Posted by RicodJour on May 23, 2006, 4:41 pm
mo wrote:
> Hello all,
> OK, 3 columns in basement. One of them
> has leaking rust spots, 3 of them.
> Bottom, middle and towards top,
> Is the moisture seeping up from foundation
> into center of column?
> I live in an area where it floods in the street
> about every 10 years. Thanks.
That's a weird one. A couple of comments and observations, if I may.
If you have leaking rust spots at locations throughout the height of
the column, then you have rust-through and seriously weak areas. This
is not a good thing to have in a column that is supporting substantial
weight. Some of the Lally columns are plain steel tubes and others are
concrete filled. If you have the former, and it's leaking from a point
near the top, that would mean that the tube is filled with water which
- a rather unlikely situation. If it is the latter case, the concrete
may be wicking water up from below. That is also rather unlikely, but
possible. You didn't mention whether or not that you had water
problems in the basement.
As the Big G mentioned condensation is a potential source, but that is
also unlikely. Having that much condensation inside the tube is pretty
bizarre. How would all of that moist air, enough to cause all the
leaking, get inside the column?
So you have three unlikely scenarios, one probably is the culprit.
I think you had better plan on replacing that column sooner rather than
later. It's easier to determine what is causing the problem once you
have removed and inspected the post. Then you can install the
replacement post in a new and improved fashion.
R
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Posted by on May 23, 2006, 4:48 pm
>Hello all,
>OK, 3 columns in basement. One of them
>has leaking rust spots, 3 of them.
>Bottom, middle and towards top,
>Is the moisture seeping up from foundation
>into center of column?
>I live in an area where it floods in the street
>about every 10 years. Thanks.
>
Lolly Columns require lollp pop sticks to hold them up.
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