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day629
10-25-05, 09:25 PM
I have a ranch with a crawl space. Now it's getting cold and the bedroom is now not only cold, but damp run the dehumidifier and getting 2 inches of water crawl space is dry and ceiling is dry and so are the walls, anyone got a clue? thanks
dean :coffee: :coffee: :coffee:

Concretemasonry
10-25-05, 09:56 PM
You have had a ton of rain -

Crawl arounf and check the insulation above and under the damp room. It may have gotten wet. Wet fiberglass (1/2 to 1% moisture) will also lose most of its insulating ability.

dick