| rather than start a new thread I wanted to ask a nearly identical question.
I also just finished out the basement with the exception of the floor. we have lived here 3 years and house was brand new. In the past years I never noticed a smell or moisture before. I did drylok as directed and then insulated and hung drywall & finished the ceiling with acoustical tile.
This year has been very, very wet and around the middle of may i noticed the basement had a smell; not musty though. at first I thought it was the new ceiling tiles but after i got a hygrometer and saw the RH was 80%. i put a dehumidifier down there and the problem instantly improved. I also have the basement ducted for AC and earlier in May the unit wasn't on because it just wasn't hot enough. Now the AC is on majority of the day and the dehumidifier is still working. Our weather hasn't changed much; still wet outside.
my question is---is the smell/high humidity more a function of having a very wet spring/summer or a result of finishing the basement or both? Also, will finishing the floor help improve the humidity problem; right now it's just concrete slab?
thanks  |