Thread: chicken any one
View Single Post
  #5 (permalink)  
Old 11-20-2008, 06:16 PM
Jerry Peck's Avatar
Jerry Peck Jerry Peck is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Ormond Beach, Florida
Posts: 14,297
Re: chicken any one
Quote:
Originally Posted by SAL IACONO View Post
All framing and sheathing appears to be wood.
I would recommend they take two areas, one of the worst areas and one of the best areas, remove the gypsum board from inside, remove the insulation, then check the condition of the wood framing and wood sheathing. There may be significant wood decay going on.

With the sheathing being wood, they may have a stucco problem in that they likely did not use a WRB behind the paper-backed metal lath, if they even used paper-backed metal lath and not 'just metal lath against the wood sheathing'.

With all those exhaust fans they surely have running, they may be depressurizing the interior, which would draw moisture laden air through the walls (if they do not have enough fresh air return to equalize the pressure).

Do you have a manometer to measure pressure differentials? It does not take much pressure differential to create a driving force for that moisture.
__________________
Jerry Peck, Construction / Litigation Consultant
Construction Litigation Consultants, LLC ( www.ConstructionLitigationConsultants.com )
www.AskCodeMan.com
Reply With Quote