Moisture
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Dealing With Basement Water from the Outside
If you want to solve problems with a wet basement, you might need to excavate the exterior of your foundation
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Defogging the Windshield with Psychrometrics
Understanding the properties of water vapor is useful in cars, too
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Common Sense On Mold
If you find a patch of mold in your house, don’t panic
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Sweaty Southern Slabs
Here’s why wet concrete and stone in winter are common along the coast
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Adjusting Bath Fan Use in Winter
Do you really need to run it when you shower?
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Pete’s Product Puzzle: VersaDry
Simple folded metal solves a common moisture problem
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Is It Possible to Get Condensation on a Sponge?
A little building science puzzler on moisture and the properties of materials
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Pete’s Puzzle: Mold on Painted Clapboards is Food for Thought
There is mold on the factory-primed, latex top-coated wood clapboards on the south but not the north side of our house
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Pete’s Puzzle: Fanciful Fuel
Where did the water and blue-green staining on this fireplace support column come from?
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Do Humidifiers Create IAQ Problems?
Adding water vapor to your indoor air may do more than you think