Re: Air leaky house

[Guest guest]

OUCH..

Can you put a new floor down, that sounds very strange..

What is the floor, wood planks? And there is no sub-floor?

No wonder you have problems! You need to seal that and then set up

separate ventilation to air out your crawl space down there..

It would be best if the floor was also well insulated because

then the basement will be outside the building envelope..

(make sure to insulate all pipes well, etc.)

When the building envelope isn't clear, lots of problems occur...

Always..

Does your basement also have anything like a dirt floor?

[Guest guest]

Beams across basement ceiling with wood plank floor on top. When there

is a light in basement I can see it here and there between small gaps

in between floor boards, running the same direction as wood planks so

no subfloor. Basement temperature is same as rest of house. No

wonder. I'm sure partly due to temperature of ductwork running through

it and partly because it apparently mixes quite well with house as it

isn't sealed off in any tiny way. Looking at registers, there are

pretty good gaps around them also, so house is very air leaky between

basement and interior and of course earlier found it air leaky to

attic, so interior of house gets plenty of air from attic and also

basement and I'm about to jump ship. I think house would be fine for

healthy people though. It has advantages such as no drywall, all

plaster. Really lumbar, not particle board. It's just not for me in

my condition and my pocketbook. Oh well. I had to be convinced. I

had to try.

--- In , LiveSimply <quackadillian@...>

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> OUCH..