formanbob
New member
I will start with this; I have had more than normal humidity before I ever put a tank of water in my old house.
The main problems that I see are.
• The pipes in the basement are sweating,( they are all ½ so they are getting replaced with ¾ PVC).
• All the windows (and French doors) new and old are sweating. If I put a fan on the French door there is no problem.
• The roof has be re-roofed 2 times, not only is that not allowed but makes for some water flow problems. All around the edges of the roof, water is making its was behind the gutters and the siding.
• A sub problem of the roof is the siding. The house has been sided over. In places the siding proud of the roof and I can see water going behind the siding. (yes lots of fun) When we redid the kitchen side of the house and we ripped of the metal siding the wood siding was cracked and split all over and if I go into the attic and basement I can see places that are damp from where water is getting behind both layers of siding.
BTW: Many of you have seen that I have been gutting the whole house, well this spring/summer I am re-roofing and re-siding. While I am at it I am adding insulation in the walls and replacing all the windows. This is to combat most of the water infiltration plus I want to make the outside of the house look as good as the inside, and for those of you who have come by you can agree my outside is nasty.
Now I know fish tanks “can†add lots of humidity, but having wet walls can’t be helping and I think it is my main cause. I don’t want to permanently take down my frag tanks or my filtration system any smaller.
I must figure out a fish for the sweating and I would love to know what people with or without fish keeps there house’s humidity at.
SOOO
Everyone who has the time please submit your 2 cents..
What is your humidity like.
Examples:
Fish room 56% (Basement)
Beedroom 50% (1st floor)
1stfloor of you house 46% (1st floor)
Enclosed fish tank 68% (1st floor)
The main problems that I see are.
• The pipes in the basement are sweating,( they are all ½ so they are getting replaced with ¾ PVC).
• All the windows (and French doors) new and old are sweating. If I put a fan on the French door there is no problem.
• The roof has be re-roofed 2 times, not only is that not allowed but makes for some water flow problems. All around the edges of the roof, water is making its was behind the gutters and the siding.
• A sub problem of the roof is the siding. The house has been sided over. In places the siding proud of the roof and I can see water going behind the siding. (yes lots of fun) When we redid the kitchen side of the house and we ripped of the metal siding the wood siding was cracked and split all over and if I go into the attic and basement I can see places that are damp from where water is getting behind both layers of siding.
BTW: Many of you have seen that I have been gutting the whole house, well this spring/summer I am re-roofing and re-siding. While I am at it I am adding insulation in the walls and replacing all the windows. This is to combat most of the water infiltration plus I want to make the outside of the house look as good as the inside, and for those of you who have come by you can agree my outside is nasty.
Now I know fish tanks “can†add lots of humidity, but having wet walls can’t be helping and I think it is my main cause. I don’t want to permanently take down my frag tanks or my filtration system any smaller.
I must figure out a fish for the sweating and I would love to know what people with or without fish keeps there house’s humidity at.
SOOO
Everyone who has the time please submit your 2 cents..
What is your humidity like.
Examples:
Fish room 56% (Basement)
Beedroom 50% (1st floor)
1stfloor of you house 46% (1st floor)
Enclosed fish tank 68% (1st floor)
:mad2:
and I run a humidifier set at 60% in the winter and can't get it moist enough. Skin dries out and lips get chapped. Only the other day when it got really warm out did my pipes sweat--got dripped on. So, I turned the 'humidistat down to about 10%. I have an older house, but I've replaced all but a couple windows with double paned glass. I leave my furnace fan on 24/7. It's been on for 18months now. I think this really helps w/ air circulation and prevents musty stale air. I keep my stat at 55 degrees during the day and at night. It's up to 71 or so in the morning for an hour or two. It's set to 66 during the evening from like 5 to 10. Summer time, I have to experiment while keeping an eye on the tank. This will only be second summer w/ A/C and tank.
I've dont a little roofing before.
