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Moisture condensation in detached garage

bharatchavda

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Hello,
I am new to this forum and have read some good thresds. I have a finished detached garage and I am in edmonton-cold weather. I built and finished with insulation and drywall last summer. Garage is not heated and since last few days I see lot of condensation (ice formation) on garage doors and on windows and wall. The ice has formed on basically all metal parts typically screw locations, corner beads. I am not sure what the root cause is and how can it be resolved. Please give me some advice. Attached are few pictures.
 

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luvit

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welcome to TGJ.

it looks like you have insulated garage doors.

being a new build, i would add a source of heat and a de-humidifier..
add a humidity gauge in the room and watch it before/during/after so you can see progress.

if you can dry it out with heat and a dehumidifier, it may solve it for periods of time before you need to do it again.
maybe your experience next winter will be drier than this winter.

i am not an expert on this, but it's the steps i would take.
good luck!

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