Fairly Big Attic Dry And Even

We have a home in ne oklahoma custom built 7 1 2 years ago.

Fairly big attic dry and even.

Whether your attic is a big empty space at the top of your home a place for extra storage or a cozy converted den it s important to make sure that your attic is in good shape. But would there be any point in say making several fairly big holes in the polystyrene and filling those holes with rockwool to counteract the condensation. How to dry out a wet attic. I am attaching pictures.

17 is the vent over a window to a bedroom that the ceiling sheetrock. Plus being up high with plenty of airflow can make the space inside a fairly dry environment. Proper sealing ventilation and insulation will prevent many common problems faced by homeowners. A dehumidifier could be the perfect solution for drying out the air in your attic.

How to insulate an old walk up attic. You may notice small black spots of mold forming on the insulation boxes and even the framework in your attic. To dry out a moist attic be sure to properly ventilate and insulate the space. Large concentrations of this toxic black mold may cause allergies respiratory infections and other alignments.

I have a home built in 1850 with a walk up attic via a full size door and staircase with sloped ceilings and a few windows even. Though dehumidifiers will help they don t address the root cause. Though attics are typically hot and dry a leaky roof or pipe condensation or severe weather can cause water to enter your attic. Cracks in drywall also called wallboard gypsum board and sheetrock are common because its surface is made of paper.

How to dry out an attic. This is the second time after a snowfall that snow obviously blew into attic through vent at end of eve but also this time it came into ridge vents piled up on top of attic insulation and melted making wet spots on ceiling of bottom floor. Be sure however to drain it frequently in order to sustain its usefulness. If necessary use a dehumidifier.

A dehumidifier will cease to remove any more moisture once its storage tank becomes full. Few attics are heated or cooled so they re extra hot in the summer and frigid in the winter. A dehumidifier may be used to reduce moisture in the air. The home is constructed of brick exterior walls with plaster on the interior so little opportunity to insulate within walls.

Drywall typically gets two kinds of damage. I even tried to seal along the walls of the attic floor with rockwool where the polystyrene boards have little gaps which i now think may be worse for condensation. Don t just toss anything up into your attic consider the environment that s created in this top floor space. Fixing cracks in drywall even if the crack is big is an inexpensive repair that can make a damaged wall look fresh and new again.