Recent content by Ash Peltier

in hindsight, albeit incredibly frustrating, the drywall seams failing revealed a much more serious problem. If it hadn't, I'm sure I would have ended up with structural damage from the condensation. On another note, is a perfect vapor barrier ever really possible? Obviously, keeping humidity...

thanks again for all the input. I took the drywall off of that rafter space, and about a cup of condensation poured out. I removed all the foam and replaced it with craft backed fiberglass. I made sure to tape all the edges to the existing vapor barrier, thoroughly, and then caulked around the...

Such ball dropping on my part. Had to get clever. Thanks for the feedback, evidently my foamed in rigid board in that rafter space was a bad idea.

here is a photo of the attached affected area.

long time lurker, first post. last summer I added a dormer bathroom to my second floor. Everything went great, I learned a ton. However, when the temperature plummeted in Michigan last month, I discovered a bubbly and moist drywall tape seam on the ceiling. I figured it was condensation under a...