bazzateer
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Good work. Nice to see you installed the ICE before anything else in the first pic!
(ICE = In Cave Entertainment).
(ICE = In Cave Entertainment).
freakin ****!!!!!
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Sounds like you are on the right start to solving the problem. Go about it systematically and assume nothing until you can either find the problem or not find it. Remove, bag it and wear a mask. I agree with some of the other postings about double checking for a leak in the roof - just to be sure. Attached building create a "seam" so to speak where the two come together. Classic place for a leak. Do the lawyer thing if you want, but, see if you can stop the problem now instead of waiting and keep track of time and expenses. Keep us posted on the situation.
R6 Racer
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Looks great!
I like the way you did it.
Enjoy your space!
Steve
I like the way you did it.
Enjoy your space!
Steve
Nice job on the repair work.
I would install a humidity meter in the garage and home and keep an eye on things. I bet humidity and lack of air movement caused this.
You can have holes in your vapor barrier with very low humidity without an issue. Humidity / temp will always try to balance out, so if you have high humidity in the room, it WILL find its way into the wall cavities until the cavity air matches or the room humidity lowers and it starts to escape. This goes on 100% of the time. At best you can slow it down with smaller holes like you have done. If the humidity is left high, over time, you will have moisture back in those walls. A home can accept a certain amount of moisture without issue ( breathing ) . Its the access humidity and air movement that you need to watch.
I would install a humidity meter in the garage and home and keep an eye on things. I bet humidity and lack of air movement caused this.
You can have holes in your vapor barrier with very low humidity without an issue. Humidity / temp will always try to balance out, so if you have high humidity in the room, it WILL find its way into the wall cavities until the cavity air matches or the room humidity lowers and it starts to escape. This goes on 100% of the time. At best you can slow it down with smaller holes like you have done. If the humidity is left high, over time, you will have moisture back in those walls. A home can accept a certain amount of moisture without issue ( breathing ) . Its the access humidity and air movement that you need to watch.
tcianci
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DUh! Although I did post a reply to this thread a while back, wssomething slipped my mind completely that may explain the nature of your "mold". I have been taking buildings apart for many years and often see the "mold" you posted in your pictures. Very often this blackening of the insulation is nothing more than plain old dirt. Please take a minute to associate the locations of the blackening with penetrations in the wall. I think you will see a suprising correlation. Athough your insulation is gone now, examine your pictures to see if there is a definate "trailing off" of the density of the blackening with the blackest being at the penetration itself and then becoming less severe as you move away from the pennetration This is indicative of the fiberglass insualtion acting like a filter and actually trapping airborn dirt as drafts pass through the penetration and air moves inside the wall. I know the "mold experts" will scoff at this but please take the time to examine your pictures, couple the information in the images with the fact that there is no mold or water damage to the frame of the building. Mold feeds off wood and paper, not fiberglass. I think you will find that you did not have any mold problem to begin with. I know that deteriorated drywall was your first tip off to a potential problem and it would have been interesting to see the backside of the garage drywall when you first opened it up althogh if the surface was water damaged, I would not have been surprized to see some mold on the backside of the drywall on the garage side.
In any event, I hope this sheds some light on the origins of your condition and your garage re-do looks great. Good luck.
In any event, I hope this sheds some light on the origins of your condition and your garage re-do looks great. Good luck.
1500hd
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Hope double vapor barrier doesn't cause any problems. Should of left only the warm side on.
i do not see ANY mold damage on the wood!!!
the insulation was probably wet when installed and turned black
any rot in the wall plates/sills/bottom plates??
i think you need a GOOD carpenter to look at your walls --throw the old insulation out and install new
DO NOT let the drywall hang over the concrete or blocks that close to the floor[it will draw moisture up from the floor]
yes---the mold people have gone crazy on ALL molds[it sure makes ALOTof people RICH!!!!]
the insulation was probably wet when installed and turned black
any rot in the wall plates/sills/bottom plates??
i think you need a GOOD carpenter to look at your walls --throw the old insulation out and install new
DO NOT let the drywall hang over the concrete or blocks that close to the floor[it will draw moisture up from the floor]
yes---the mold people have gone crazy on ALL molds[it sure makes ALOTof people RICH!!!!]
i do not see ANY mold damage on the wood!!!
the insulation was probably wet when installed and turned black
any rot in the wall plates/sills/bottom plates??
i think you need a GOOD carpenter to look at your walls --throw the old insulation out and install new
DO NOT let the drywall hang over the concrete or blocks that close to the floor[it will draw moisture up from the floor]
yes---the mold people have gone crazy on ALL molds[it sure makes ALOTof people RICH!!!!]
maybe your looking at the wrong pics but most people have seen that it has been repaired already by myself...... hahaha
Homefinishingpro
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HA Thats not mold its from airflow
Heres your fix
1) remove wet insulation
2) install an exhaust fan controlled by a humidity sensor
3) after things dry out install new insulation and drywall
the fan should keep the air flowing so the garage air stays dry
Heres your fix
1) remove wet insulation
2) install an exhaust fan controlled by a humidity sensor
3) after things dry out install new insulation and drywall
the fan should keep the air flowing so the garage air stays dry
lorne
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It's probably dried out by now...given that the thread is over 3.5 years old.
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RPH
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Zombie thread, back from the dead. 3.5 years old.
Leaflessshadetree
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Might be time to check it again.
G_P
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"homefinishingpro" Sounds like a spammer to me.
Hell, I’m going to comment now since this damn thing has risen from the dead and I read through it….
Great job on the rework OP looks real nice. Whatever that black sh_t was is gone now and I commend you for just taking care of it your way.
Hope you run across your old thread here, you’ll get a kick that it reappeared. I must say though, it was actually good reading, I enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing
Great job on the rework OP looks real nice. Whatever that black sh_t was is gone now and I commend you for just taking care of it your way.
Hope you run across your old thread here, you’ll get a kick that it reappeared. I must say though, it was actually good reading, I enjoyed it!
Thanks for sharing