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re: No visqueen under carport slab
Posted on 2/13/18 at 11:09 am to White Bear
Posted on 2/13/18 at 11:09 am to White Bear
Yet, we are all better off for it.
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Posted on 2/13/18 at 12:38 pm to AlxTgr
I for one thoroughly enjoyed the 3 plus pages of banter.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 6:49 pm to Stexas
Simple question..Why would builders spend $100s on visqueen if it did nothing?
Posted on 2/13/18 at 6:51 pm to Shoalwater Cat
What an abortion of a thread. Yall should not do things like this when im not in the office
Posted on 2/13/18 at 6:52 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
It absolutely is. I have had an open car port my entire life.
Yeah, I've just had a garage for the first time over the past 8 months or so.
In my old house, if the conditions were right (and they often were in Cenla), it would be dripping with condensation on the carport side.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 6:55 pm to Ace Midnight
I remember in the 80's, BREC took the cheap route on Howell Park BB gym..no visqueen. Sweating was so bad, at least 2 days a week games we cancelled. It was like an ice skating rink. All other BREC gyms ok,,,with visqueen..
Posted on 2/13/18 at 7:32 pm to Shoalwater Cat
quote:Very important for any surface where flooring will be applied. Useless on: Carports, patios etc.
Simple question..Why would builders spend $100s on visqueen if it did nothing?
Posted on 2/13/18 at 8:11 pm to AlxTgr
I guess it's hard for people to understand without humidity control you have humidity problems. Visqueen under a humidity controlled slab is essential, visqueen under an area outside, especially an area like a carport that restricts air flow, i.e. wind, would be a waste. Sure it may reduce wicked up moisture but that is minuscule compared to 90+% humidity and a dew point the same as the slab temp.
This post was edited on 2/13/18 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 2/13/18 at 8:29 pm to Stexas
Nailed.
Posted on 2/13/18 at 8:38 pm to AlxTgr
Did we have hours of discussion today about whether or not a thin layer of plastic beneith a several ton chunk of concrete will keep it from sweating when it is cold and the air is hot? What the frick happened here?
Posted on 2/13/18 at 8:41 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
It's baffling. Especially since one of the best posters on any board was the cause of the problem.
Posted on 2/14/18 at 7:00 am to Lsutmorg
What freaking train wreck.
I can’t beleive no one has pointed out this thing called rain that affects outdoor slabs but not indoor.
Tell you what, take a concrete block and wrap the sides and bottom in plastic and put it out in your yard. Then take the same block and put it out there without plastic wrap. Wait two weeks. Barring an abnormal drought, the plastic wrapping will be FULL of water and the other brick will be at local humidity. Concrete is pouous and doesn’t just absorb moisture from the bottom. This is why vapor barriers are used for indoor concrete (the air above them is kept dry) and not outdoor.
I can’t beleive no one has pointed out this thing called rain that affects outdoor slabs but not indoor.
Tell you what, take a concrete block and wrap the sides and bottom in plastic and put it out in your yard. Then take the same block and put it out there without plastic wrap. Wait two weeks. Barring an abnormal drought, the plastic wrapping will be FULL of water and the other brick will be at local humidity. Concrete is pouous and doesn’t just absorb moisture from the bottom. This is why vapor barriers are used for indoor concrete (the air above them is kept dry) and not outdoor.
This post was edited on 2/14/18 at 7:02 am
Posted on 2/14/18 at 8:42 am to AlxTgr
Do they make vapor barriers for pickup trucks? The concrete floor of my carport is dry at the moment but my pickup has a light layer of condensation all over it.
Posted on 2/14/18 at 8:49 am to JoePepitone
quote:
Do they make vapor barriers for pickup trucks?
cover it in frogg toggs
Posted on 2/14/18 at 8:55 am to JoePepitone
quote:No dude. That seeped up from the bottom through the metal.
my pickup has a light layer of condensation all over it.
Posted on 2/14/18 at 9:01 am to Lsutmorg
I also noticed that my ice tea glass gets sweaty looking drops all over it in the summer. Is there some kind of coating I can put on the glass to stop my ice tea from leaking out through the sides of the glass?
Posted on 2/14/18 at 9:54 am to TBoy
quote:
Is there some kind of coating I can put on the glass to stop my ice tea from leaking out through the sides of the glass?
visqueen...the wonder coating!
Posted on 2/14/18 at 10:07 am to cgrand
Fish are biting today. It's even better than cows feeding.
Posted on 2/14/18 at 11:47 am to AlxTgr
quote:
It absolutely is. I have had an open car port my entire life. Always gets wet in winter when the ground is cold and you get warm moist air. The driveway on one side and the open porch on the back side are dry.
Christmas weather.
Posted on 2/14/18 at 12:03 pm to Lsutmorg
Install a ceiling fan and leave it on when the weather gets like this.
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