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Moulding cracking, splitting, doors not aligned w/frame, and tile separating from thinset
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:52 am
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:52 am
This is nuts, living in the south this crap shouldn’t be happening so bad.
How do y’all keep your humidity up in your houses where this doesn’t occur?
How do y’all keep your humidity up in your houses where this doesn’t occur?
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Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:54 am to Old Sarge
Humidity is coming up today.
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:54 am to Old Sarge
Sure you're not experiencing foundation issues?
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:55 am to I B Freeman
Buy a new house
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:55 am to I B Freeman
I just filled up my tubs and sinks but the repair work is going to be costly
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:55 am to Old Sarge
That doesnt sound like a humidity issue. This is a 'your house is sinking' issue
This post was edited on 1/20/18 at 11:56 am
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:55 am to bigrob385series
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Sure you're not experiencing foundation issues?
This seems more likely than just humidity issues.
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:56 am to bigrob385series
Positive
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:56 am to Old Sarge
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Positive
What is your humidity range?
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:57 am to Old Sarge
That is your foundation. You better call someone ASAP before it gets worse.
Posted on 1/20/18 at 11:57 am to Obtuse1
Nope, not even hairline cracks in the slab where the rooms of tile have just decided to let go of the thinset. Tile guy says he’s never seen anything like it.
Posted on 1/20/18 at 12:01 pm to Obtuse1
Over 50% now, but was non existent when this started during the cold snap over New Years when the heater ran constantly for several weeks
Posted on 1/20/18 at 12:01 pm to Old Sarge
lay a level on your floor
I really don't think you can dry your house enough to experience that much damage in BR
May be temperature. How much cooler are you letting your house get than it was in the summer? Slab may have cooled substantially with the week of cold weather we had.
I really don't think you can dry your house enough to experience that much damage in BR
May be temperature. How much cooler are you letting your house get than it was in the summer? Slab may have cooled substantially with the week of cold weather we had.
Posted on 1/20/18 at 12:02 pm to Old Sarge
quote:
How do y’all keep your humidity up in your houses where this doesn’t occur?
Humidifier and air purifiers
I also have the Nest and 2 Awair monitors and the app so I can monitor my air quality whenever and wherever I am. I also have it set to send me notifications when the air quality gets bad.
Posted on 1/20/18 at 12:05 pm to I B Freeman
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Slab may have cooled substantially with the week of cold weather we had.
Indeed it did, tile hasn’t buckled or cracked, just let go cleanly from the thinset
Tile guy says original installer may have used a cheap thinset, but my house has a ton of moulding and lots of cracks in joints and linear splits have happened in the last 2 1/2 weeks
Posted on 1/20/18 at 12:06 pm to Old Sarge
Usually, you want to keep a house around 40-50% humidity. It does get lower in the winter mine got down in the low 30s for the last few weeks (at 37% currently).
Unless you got extremely low I wouldn't expect to see what you are seeing without some amount of foundation damage. The thinset issue is nuts.
How old is the house?
ETA is your molding stained hardwood or painted pine or mdf
Unless you got extremely low I wouldn't expect to see what you are seeing without some amount of foundation damage. The thinset issue is nuts.
How old is the house?
ETA is your molding stained hardwood or painted pine or mdf
This post was edited on 1/20/18 at 12:09 pm
Posted on 1/20/18 at 12:09 pm to Obtuse1
10 years, and the tile started letting go in two different rooms at same time during cold spell, both room have door to outside and both instances the tile started letting go of thinset close to the door and then went out through the room from there
Posted on 1/20/18 at 12:09 pm to Obtuse1
It’s painted and I’m pretty sure it’s pine
Posted on 1/20/18 at 12:10 pm to Old Sarge
I wouldn't fix any of it till spring
Posted on 1/20/18 at 12:11 pm to Old Sarge
Sounds like you had some slight heaving baw.
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